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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges for Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar: Pyrethroid Resistance in Malaria Vectors and Poor Performance of Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets. [PDF]

, 2013
Long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual house spraying (IRS) are the main interventions for the control of malaria vectors in Zanzibar.
Devine, Gregor J, Maureen Coetzee, Haji, Khamis A, Smith, Stephen, Ali, Abdullah S, Coetzee, Maureen, Silas Majambere, Khamis A Haji, Stephen Smith, Khatib, Bakari O, Gregor J Devine, Bakari O Khatib, Abdullah S Ali, Majambere, Silas   +13 more
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicentre studies of insecticide-treated durable wall lining in Africa and South-East Asia: entomological efficacy and household acceptability during one year of field use. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a primary method of malaria vector control, but its potential impact is constrained by several inherent limitations: spraying must be repeated when insecticide residues decay, householders can tire of the ...
Mark Rowland, Boakye Daniel A, Joseph B Stiles-Ocran, Mamadou B Coulibaly, Louisa A Messenger, Amadou Guindo, Amadou S Traoré, Hoan Le, Steve Knowles, Sékou F Traoré, Kleinschmidt Immo, Traoré Amadou S, Chris EG Mulder, Rowland, Mark, Le Hoan, Messenger, Louisa A, Larsen, Marie-Louise, Mamadou Konaté, Traoré Sékou F, Marie-Louise Larsen, Konaté Mamadou, Daniel A Boakye, Matias, Abrahan, Mulder Chris EG, Coulibaly Mamadou B, Kleinschmidt, Immo, Konaté, Mamadou, Le, Hoan, Abrahan Matias, Antonio Manana, Mulder, Chris Eg, Boakye, Daniel A, Guindo Amadou, Rowland Mark, Manana, Antonio Nkulu, Stiles-Ocran, Joseph B, Diallo, Bréhima, Bréhima Diallo, Stiles-Ocran Joseph B, Messenger Louisa A, Matias Abrahan, Knowles, Steve, Diallo Bréhima, Knowles Steve, Larsen Marie-Louise, Immo Kleinschmidt, Coulibaly, Mamadou B, Guindo, Amadou, Traoré, Amadou S, Traoré, Sékou F, Manana Antonio   +50 more
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Determinants of Ownership and Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012
Background. Malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the world, and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine ownership and utilization of ITNs among households with children under five in the previous night.Methods.
Sibhatu Biadgilign, Ayalu A. Reda, Haji Kedir   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Utilization and Associated Factors Among Households in Ilu Galan District, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Environmental Health Insights, 2022
Introduction: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are often used as a physical barrier to prevent infection of malaria. In sub-Saharan Africa, one of the most important ways of lowering malaria burden is the utilization of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs ...
Mulugeta Mekuria, Dereje Negasa Binegde, Jirenga Derega, Elias Teferi Bala, Bikila Tesfa, Berhanu Senbeta Deriba   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccinations in pregnancy: An update for a changing time

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions to reduce infectious morbidity and mortality in pregnant women, fetuses, and newborns. Despite robust evidence supporting vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnancy, global uptake has declined following the COVID‐19 pandemic, contributing to resurgent outbreaks ...
Wendy Hodge, Méabh Bhuinneáin, Gelila Goba, Marisa Labovsky, Eliana Amaral, Asma Khalil, David Lissauer, Hema Divakar, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Deborah Money, Dharmintra Pasupathy, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

From intervention to impact: modelling the potential mortality impact achievable by different long-lasting, insecticide-treated net delivery strategies. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The current target of universal access to long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets (LLIN) is 80% coverage to reduce malaria deaths by 75% by 2015. So far, campaigns have been the main channel for large-scale delivery of LLINs, however the World
Hanson, Kara, Jo Lines, Lines, Jo, Lucy C Okell, Paintain, LS, Lines Jo, Webster, Jayne, Paintain Lucy, Hanson Kara, Okell Lucy C, Okell, Lucy C, Paintain, Lucy Smith, Hanson, K, Jayne Webster, Kara Hanson, Okell, LC, Lines, J, Webster Jayne, Lucy Paintain, Webster, J   +19 more
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Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia

Environmental Health Insights
Background: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia.
Yeshitla Getnet, Abraham Teym, Moges Wubie, Sintayehu Shiferaw, Bayou Tilahun Assaye, Zelalem Aneley, Habitamu Mekonen Abera, Habtamu Temesgen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Styrene and its natural analogues: accumulation and sustainable production methods

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Styrene, also known as vinyl benzene, is a colourless, highly volatile petrochemical that serves as a key monomer in the production of polystyrene and styrene‐butadiene rubber. Its industrial synthesis via the alkylation of benzene with ethylene relies on fossil fuels, requiring high temperatures and toxic catalysts that contribute to ...
Mwafaq Ibdah, Giovanni D'Ambrosio, Prasada Rao Kongala, Sureshkumar Mesara, Annalisa Serio, Bharadwaj Revuru, Antonello Paparella   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source