Title Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters / Peter B. Bloland and Holly A. Williams ; [presented to] Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population and Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Publication Info.	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2003]
	©2003

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 163 pages) : maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-143).
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. Malaria and mobility--a brief history and overview -- 3. Epidemiology of malaria -- 4. Essential components/design of an optimal malaria control program -- 5. Public health surveillance system -- 6. Curative services: malaria therapy and case management -- 7. Preventive interventions -- 8. Community involvement in malaria control and prevention -- 9. Special studies and operational research -- 10. Prophylaxis and personal protection for relief workers -- 11. Return, repatriation, or resettlement of displaced populations -- 12. Improving malaria control in complex emergencies.
Summary	Annotation The first in a series of texts detailing best practices in disease control during forced relocation and conflict mass migrations looks at epidemiology and management and intervention strategies for malarial outbreaks. The material was gathered under the auspices of the Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia U. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Subject	Malaria -- Epidemiology.
	Malaria -- Epidemiology.
	Malaria.
	Disaster medicine.
	Disaster medicine.
	Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects.
	Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects.
	Emigration and immigration.
	Malaria -- prevention & control.
	Emigration and Immigration.
	Disasters.
	Relief Work.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Williams, Holly A.
	Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration.
	Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health. Program on Forced Migration and Health.
Other Form:	Print version: Bloland, Peter B. Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2003 0309086159 (DLC) 2002151428 (OCoLC)50769385
ISBN	0309503620 (electronic book)
	9780309503624 (electronic book)
	1280183055
	9781280183058
	0309086159 (paperback)
	9780309086158 (paperback)

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