Search Results - Epidemics Prevention and control.

Report on the regional workshop on methods and indicators by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Their joint purpose is to support institutional innovation contributing to the prevention and mitigation of AIDS’ impacts. More specifically, their objectives are:; To fill critical gaps in understanding of the links, in both directions, between HIV/AIDS on one side, and agricultural systems, food security and rural livelihoods on the other; To fill critical gaps in understanding of how agricultural policies and programs can contribute to prevention and/or mitigation of AIDS impact and how this knowledge can be used to support local responses; To enable agricultural research and development institutions to act on realistic priorities for responding to HIV/AIDS epidemic in partnership with at-risk and affected communities and institutions in other sectors.…”
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Rift Valley Fever (RVF) decision support tool: Upgrades in 2024 by Dhulipala, Ram, Singh, Kanika, Bett, Bernard K.

“…Post-outbreak assessments conducted in Kenya revealed that the epidemic's severity was aggravated by delays in recognizing the risks and taking preventive and control actions. …”
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Members of Gammaproteobacteria as indicator species of healthy banana plants on Fusarium wilt-infested fields in Central America by Koberl, M., Dita, M., Martinuz, A., Staver, Charles, Berg, G.

“…Significantly higher microbial rhizosphere diversity found in healthy plants could be indicative of pathogen suppression events preventing or minimizing disease expression. This first study examining banana microbiome shifts caused by FW under natural field conditions opens new perspectives for its biological control.…”
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Participatory assessment of animal health and husbandry practices in smallholder pig production systems in three high poverty districts in Uganda by Dione, Michel M., Ouma, Emily A., Roesel, Kristina, Kungu, J., Lule, Peter M., Pezo, Danilo A.

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Diagnosis of management of bacterial wilt and late blight in potato in Ethiopia: A systems thinking perspective by Damtew, Elias, Tafesse, S., Lie, R., Mierlo, B. van, Lemaga, B., Sharma, K., Struik, P.C., Leeuwis, Cees

“…We contend that the most appropriate way forward towards the management of both diseases is designing and implementing management strategies that, on the one hand, are preventive of disease epidemics, and, on the other hand, foster horizontal information sharing, learning and collective action among the local actors in the system. …”
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Framework for estimating indirect costs in animal health using time series analysis by Barratt, Alyson S., Rich, Karl M., Eze, Jude I., Porphyre, Thibaud., Gunn, George J., Stott, Alistair W.

“…Our results suggest that controlling a FMD epidemic with vaccination is less costly in direct and indirect costs relative to a no vaccination (i.e., "cull only") strategy, when considering large FMD outbreaks in Scotland. …”
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Non-antibiotic approaches to combat motile Aeromonas infections in aquaculture: Current state of knowledge and future perspectives by Le Thanh Dien, Thao Phuong Huynh Ngo, Thao V. Nguyen, Kayansamruaj, P., Salin, K.R., Mohan, Chadag V., Rodkhum, Channarong, Ha Thanh Dong

“…This contribution also highlights the non-antibiotic approaches (the solutions for preventing or treating of bacterial diseases without resorting to antibiotic use) to control motile Aeromonas infections. …”
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Simulating the spread of peste des petits ruminants in Kazakhstan using the North American animal disease spread model by Yessenbayev, K., Mukhanbetkaliyev, Y., Yessembekova, G., Kadyrov, A., Sultanov, A., Bainiyazov, A., Bakishev, T., Nkamwesiga, Joseph, Korennoy, F., Abdrakhmanov, S.

“…The size of the affected area is, in most cases, no larger than an averaged 2-level administrative division’s size, which suggests the scale of a local epidemic. The chosen model provides ample opportunity to study the impact of different control and prevention measures on the spread of PPR as well as to assess the potential economic damage.…”
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Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions by Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F., Wanyoike, Francis N., Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Rich, Karl M.

“…While in theory, endemic zoonoses are best controlled in the animal host, in practice, communities are often left to manage disease themselves, with the focus on treatment rather than prevention. …”
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Recent research accomplishments on early detection of Xylella fastidiosa outbreaks in the Mediterranean Basin by Velasco-Amo, María P., Vicent, Antonio, Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J., Navas-Cortés, Juan A., Landa, Blanca B.

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A simulation model for Rift Valley fever transmission in Kenya by Gachohi, John M.

“…The impact of vaccinating 25%, 50% or 75% of the host population was assessed by simulating vaccinations at different stages of RVF risk borrowed from the 2006/7 pre-outbreak period and identified in a decision-support tool for prevention and control of RVF in the Greater Horn of Africa. …”
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Study of health handling practices of winegrowers, in the departament of Sarmiento, San Juan, Argentine = Estudio de las prácticas de manejo sanitario de los viticultores, en el de... by Carelli Secchi, Laura Nancy, Battistella, Maximiliano, Oviedo, Alejandro Sebastián, Martinez, Ricardo, Olivares Andrada, Marìa Paula

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SARS-CoV-2 in eight municipalities of the Colombian tropics: high immunity, clinical and sociodemographic outcomes by Garay, Evelin, Serrano Coll, Hector, Rivero, Ricardo, Gastelbondo, Bertha, Faccini Martinez, Alvaro, Berrocal, Jose, Perez, Alejandra, Badillo, Maria, Martinez Bravo, Caty, Botero, Yesica, Arrieta, German, Calderon, Alfonso, Galeano, Ketty, Lopez, Yesica, Miranda, Jorge, Guzman, Camilo, Contreras, Veronica, Arosemena, Alejandra, Contreras, Hector, Brango Tarra, Eimi, Oviedo Pastrana, Misael Enrique, Mattar, Salim

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Weather-based predictive models for Diaporthe helianthi ascospore release in Uruguay by Moschini, Ricardo Carlos, Rodríguez, M.J, Martinez, Malvina Irene, Stewart, S.

“…Estimating the evolution of ascospore release through the weather-based models might help to guide preventive fungicide applications to control stem canker in Uruguay…”
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Nutritional and food security status of orphans and vulnerable children: report of a research project supported by UNICEF, IFPRI, and WFP by Rivers, Jonathan, Silvestre, Eva, Mason, John B.

“…While efforts are aimed at preventing future orphans, many more children will lose their parents before the epidemic is under control. …”
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Gremmeniella abietina-epidemin 2001 by Grönkvist Wichmann, Lo

“…This indicates that it is difficult to prevent an epidemic of G. abietina during the outbreak with thinning. …”
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Tick-borne pathogens, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya by Chiuya, T., Masiga, D.K., Falzon, Laura C., Bastos, A.D.S., Fèvre, Eric M., Villinger, J.

“…Recent reports of CCHF in Uganda has highlighted the risk of cross‐border disease translocation and the importance of establishing inter‐epidemic, early warning systems to detect possible outbreaks. …”
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The dynamics and impact of foot and mouth disease in smallholder farming systems in South-East Asia: A case study in Laos by Perry, Brian D., Gleeson, L.J., Khounsey, S., Bounma, P., Blacksell, Stuart D.

“…It was concluded that the most appropriate approach to FMD control would be to prevent infected animals from entering the principal trading routes for pigs, cattle and buffalo. …”
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