Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters [electronic resource] / 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

Author	Bloland, Peter B
Title	Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters [electronic resource] / 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
Imprint	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2003
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Descript	xiii, 163 p. : maps ; 23 cm

CONTENT

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

SUBJECT

Malaria -- Epidemiology
Disaster medicine
Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects
Malaria -- prevention & control
Emigration and Immigration
Natural Disasters
Relief Work
Electronic books.