Entomological surveillance

r}[EJ'{ORA}TDUI,I To: A11 Chiefs of Units Se:nrices and Sectors lLlW R,i,,;L{c,g. Date: 19 August 19BCFrom: ivlarc Ls RazLn Programme Di.rector No. t4/Bo .EqteBolggi-ggl&ry-elll-q*.cS In Togo increases in tJre average daily catcl:es at La,na-Kara, from 5 the previous week to 20 last week, and at l.td froni 120 to lJO, ind.icate that breeding is now re-established in r.*:e zone of e:cperimental treatrnent, south of the Progra.nme area. A helicopter prospection was ca:ried out last week on the tributaries of the Niger River in northern Benin. fhis prospection was very d.iffici:lt because of heavy rain and flooded rivers. llo positive breeding sites were found. E)rtomoloEical Studv fhe entomological study on the disperslon of flies camied out in the reinvaded area in Mali, at Yanfo1i.la on the Oussoulou 3a16 River, at I{adj.na-Diassa on the Baoul6 River and. at Faya on the Faya River, is near-ing coupletion. Initial results confi:m a very defi-nite relationship betrreen ttre dists,nce from the river and the fIy density which falls to lO% at 1 lcm from U:e watercou.rse. C on trql _Aeeq_t _ag4 _f ns ec ticids 101 contai-:rers of 5 US gallons oach of -Becrflr1s-_ltgligggg.ag sentby Sandoz USA are erpected in eUia;an on 20 1"Ei*t.-- [-schedule ffr large scale evaluation is being established. Bayer Switzerland info:med that ou.r chlorphoxim order of 5r0O0 litres will be availabl-e for shipment by n-ld-September. cc: Dr Dr Dr Dr Dr }{r l'jr Mr Dr Dr Dr Dx C.A.A. .?uemrm, [OO/efnOA.O. Lucasr lqR/IA J. Ha.mon, VBC/I{;| T. Lepbs, ii#P/Hq A. Davis, PXP/Ha C. i','lorrow, DIF/HQ A. Groenendijkr. 3FI/ia C. Vignes, tm/Hq tr'. Grant, AtrB.O F. I{artin-Sa"mos, t{Pcfouaga K. Ward-Brew, lil,IC/Accra F. Silou, ttrPC/Cotonou Dr Dr Dr Dr Itn' MI t4r Mr IVII MI Mx J L J . J. d tAlmeida, l'ffC/Ba.mako . Atayi, i{Pc/Abidjan . ilright, IS,/CnTi€mey .l(. i,ltBaye, \LC/Lom6 . Alisbali, World BanJ< . PeberQr, lIorld Bank . Deruring, World Bank .II. Bonte-trbiedheirn, FAO .G.Groom, FAO 1*1. Doo l{ingu6, IJ}TDP S. IIrDial.e, UITDP A ! J C C -2- ittf-Q1_9lptr-1.-ft (_Leqgoe"S_ULqLIe_Ue-11r-.-BgEg Dr H. Agoua and Dr C. Gboho visited Accra on 5-B A,agust and haddiscussions vrith l,tr G.G. IdaiJ:, acting Head of the lIydrolory rivision of the Architectural Drgineering se::rrices corporation, and Dr A.Q. ottu, Principal- Ergineer, concernj-ng the hydronetric stations in the Volta and Brong-Ahafo Regions i-n the extension stud.y zone i.n Ghana. In the Volta Region no further work has been carried. out since the installation of ! stati-ons Ln L979 and in the Brong .+hafo Reg"ion the J additional stations required for the needs of the Lrograr,:me have not been set up yet. some of t'he ocisting stations also require calibration. It appears that the work has been hindered by lack of transportation for the tecirniciarrs andthe equipment rphich are available. fhe Pro,ryamme is presentty lookinginto the possibility of lending logisticar support to the l{ydroloryDivision to aIlow conpletion of the work. Data Processins fhe processing of the entomological d.ata for the cunent year, erg. November 1979 to I'{ay I9B0 so f'ar, has been completed. and. printout sheetshave been subnitted to the Vector Contro'l Unit for checking before micro-fiches are produced. The processing of the June d.ata has in the meantime been undertaken. Data Hand[inE -&lert-{gr jggtlc-ll9rr}-tlrlqs fhe report from tire University of Salford on the aquatic monitoringdata handling up to J0 June 1!Bo rras just been received. rt r^rirr be circulated to the members of the l,lcological Group. Me_e_tlnes Confirmtion has now been received that four of the five members of the Ecological Group will participate in their first meeting on B-!Septenber in Geneva. As previous commitments will prevent Dr K.vI. Cunrn-insfrom attending, and to ensu-re ttrat expertise on fisheries is available,Dr s, Frost, university of salford, has been invited to attend.. Confirraation has also been received. that the twelve nembers of theExpert Advisory Commi ttee will participate in their first meeting, alsoin Gene'ra, from 9 to 12 september. By terex on 11 August the progremmsis informed that TDR will be represented. at tne meeting of this Co,nmi tteeby Dr A.C. Lucas, Director, and -Dr 3.O.L. DuJre, Responsible Officer forfilarial infectiong. 0n 12 August the Progra.mre Director sent to the members of theConriittee of Sponsoring Agencies the draft provisional a61end.a for their meeting on 15-15 september in Geneva, as welr as the one for the first session of the Joint Progra.me Q6mmi f,fss on 2)-21 }trovember in Yamoussoulco. -1- Lq$gp-eti_dgq!_C.qryL+eslp.11 By telex on 12 August the Progrnmme Director info:med the Presid.ent of the Comn^ission that the staff handling Progra,mme d,ata at Ht) have been authorized to make tne fr,f.l epideniological data available to the Conrmi s- sion for tire needs of the i,lonitoring and Brraluation Group. The President of the Cornmissiorr has now confirmed. his forthcorning vj-sits to the Regional Director and to the national authorities of theParticipating Countries as follows: 2 Oc bober i-n Brazzaville, 5 Octoberin Cotonou, ! October in Lom6, 12 October in Accra, 20 0ctobir in Bamako,2J oct'ober in Abidjarr, 27 October in liianey. liis visit to Upper Volta is scheduled on 18 November, pri-or to the Joint Prograrnme Conmittee meeting. Cooperation By letter on 1{ August to Dr Ochoa, Chief of the Scientific ResearchLaboratory of the I'linistry of Health of Guatemala, and jlr Iliroshi Takahashi,Chief of the Japanese mission of tire Guatemala-Japan Project for RoblesDisease, the Progra.nrme aclcrowledged. receipt of technical d.ocu.mentation on entomological, irnmunological, clinical and. epid.emiological stud.ies camied. out on onchocerciasis in Guatemala, gr-?IItlB The Prograrnme Director has given his agreement to a three-month field.training as from JanuarXr 1981 for irlr Abr"aham Israel, of Tanzarria, presently studying at the School of Public Health and Thopicai },Iediciae of the T\:laneUniversity in New Orleans, USA, und.er a lfilO ltesearch Training Grant. It. i{elmlrolz (E$l4\D]tlU3L-q0!,-4!:-!lEn-ri-tl---l5l-uSqfl -ryBg l' ; i" II L0C'lJ CUIIRi]iICY raf fDD: -: TmvurJLI-Al a lfxu.'(ii) B2 5,ALL L4,117 lr6ot 2r651 749 ll2r4o4 6rBOC 115,590 Cil-i.llJIA'j'f VE 19Bo (i)) 40,555 18r277 79,790 44r5oo 481125 l-1,57 4 1r5O7 1645 22414O\) CIJI'.IULATTVE tg7g Q,) 2rl1r1725 L1547 rBl,I 10,87 4 25rLOg 94rB49 17r4]-5 19rtt4 10r 400 lro2orilo 22414OO HQ Oua,gadougou Aerial- Opera-bions(including fuel) liectors Bar":ako frs.Iiali. Bobo-jioulasso itCt]rlr tsoualc5 rr ?? Lama-Ilara il il I;latitingou il ir Ta,nale QI / Salaries(weekly es bimates) Progra.nme a,rea rirno/ilr) total expendi Au..;ust 1!80 ture 11-1! Cumrrl-ative erp end,i turefor previ-oas 12 weeks Total cumuLative ertrlend-i- ture for lJ weeks 118r 410 5r044r151 69r84, tr7761255 1 2 11,7 45 ,LO)r2i;J ,919ro5o 753r2e2 541r7t:5 4a9.ga I I I J. i l I i J LOr484rLgS 10,817rgB5 7 rL56r276 Actua1 hchange Rate: 1 UC g = ZO5 francs CF_4. {10 francs lia1i 2.75 CeCis Ghana The amount of i)136r6]O represents 2.2,,1 of flie totaL of Li;15 r412r4e1,inclrrding extension, aplrToved. bufuet for I!BC. fhe cumulative exl.rend-i.ture for the first 1j weeks of the year vrhencompared with the. expendihrr.e for the sarne p"=ioa in 1979, reriects anincrease of 5L.2)/,.,. t I I I I I ! i I I ! I I i I I I t i I t ! I i I , I i I i I I I I i II ii i I I I I I t I t i i I I i I !I I a ( .I I os\ \a\ J{l0'l ol :lhlnl r^l o oE o{, GI() )a ?1 .r{(, a o t0dho etta oHA f, li ,ll it oI e@ € \. 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