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Epidemics
Report summarizes epidemics study findings from E. Worrall and co-researchers
April 14th, 2009
According to a study from Liverpool, the United Kingdom, "This paper examines how the cost-effectiveness of IRS varies depending on the severity of transmission and level of programme coverage and how efficiency could be improved by incorporating climate information into decision making for malaria control programmes as part of an integrated Malaria Early Warning and Response System (MEWS). A climate driven model of malaria transmission was used to simulate cost-effectiveness of alternative IRS coverage levels over six epidemic and non-epidemic years." "Decision rules for a potential MEWS system that triggers different IRS coverage are described. The average and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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