Entomological surveillance

ru l-f<. R *,',Lfo ,"-,- tr'rom: IIarc I,s Sazin ?rograrnme Director No. 26/eo MEVIORAI{DINVI To: AIL Chiefs of tlnits Serrrices and Sectors Datc: 25 Juee 1980 Bnt onolo#loal Survclllanc e I:: the V/est we now seeur to be settling dom: to a wet season situati-on rith occasional flies turning up at sltes such as llabdr€ on the Bougouriba, wlth average d.aily catches of 15. The f1ydensities on the upper Baadaoa and on the Black volta ren&ln sati.s-factory. O: the trcmer Banttana the second treahent vr:ith otr-lozphorlra has been successfirl. 'Ihere are j-nd.ications that fJy densities are begiru::ing to clrop but thls wirl not be errid.ent until nert week. In the East flies are beginnir:g to be car.ght rcgularty on theA}lbori and. Melsou rivers whlch are fllow:i:rg i.ntenritently. Flies have a-lso appeared. for the first time ttrts year at yabo, sone To ]ioo north of oua8adougou on the 14r}:-tte voIta. A siirilar sltuation tookplace at thls isolated site last year. The sj-te was not trcated. but used for entomologlcal obse:rrations and. this ocperjroent nay be repeated. th.is year. rt;rther downstrean the yrl}rlte volta was reporbed,to be complete\y flooded near Bolgatanga. A rarge frood was also reported. on the Oti river near Yendi. Aerial prospcction of the sirba rlver on the liigcr-upper voltafrontier wa,s carried. out. Numerou,s fish darnq, lvhioh are occerlent breeding sites for s' -dernqgqlm, are bei-:rg const:rrotcd.. o:e rargenatural breed.i-::g site has been located about 1 lar lrrest of the Bos6- Bangou v:tIIage. Rej:evasi-on Stutiies Ttr-ls year the rei::vasion seems to ha.'re oone some trnro weeks later than Last year over nost of the progr&ror!.e Ere&e cc Dr Dr Dr Dr Dr Dr llr lfir l{r Dr DI Dr C.A.A. Queeum, nDo/AFRoS. Flacher ADcfiQ A.0. lueas, T-O4,/HQJ. Ilamon, VBC/HQ T. lepls, \tlAP/Ha A. narris, mP/ilQ C. Ifiomow, nffy'i{QA. Groenend.ijk, Br--I/fQ C. Vignes, frc/WQ F. IYtrarbiJr-Somos t'tBC/Ouagatr'. Grant, AFRO K. YTard-Bnew, IIl'/C/Accra Dr I. Si1ou, WPc/Cotonou Dr J.J. ctrAJ-neida, I,IPC/Bamako Dr l. /itayi, WPc/Abj.djan D3 J. \Trightr MlCltlamey Dr A.K. IitBaye, WPC[on6 I'fr B. Alisbahl l?orJ.ti Bank L[r Ji Peberdy, Yforld Sank I\[r S. Dm:ej.:rg, Wor]-cl Ban]r Mr C.H. Bonte-Frj.ecthejo, trrAO Il[r C.G. Groom, tr'AO Mr I,J. Doo Kingu6, UIID? I\h S. ll,Diaye, UNDP 25 June 1980 -2- Though the averagc daily catcires for last rvcck cone to 25 at treraba Bridge, up to 102 flies were caught therc 1n one d.ay. Relnirasion is also noi'r well established in I/IaIi wherc it follows exact\y the sane pattcrrr as last year. In the East, thc first cycle of erperimental treatuer:t was nad.e last wcek on the heacllaters of the lilono and Ani6 rivers in logo and. on the Bassa river i.n Ghana, outsid.e of the Prograor.re BrsB. ft is yet too early to sec arry effect in the rei^nvad.ed, zonc withjn the Progremme bouedarics in Iogo. Aerlal Operations CL:-ief, Aerial Opdratiorrs, risited lfiamey on 16 aird 17 Jwre to meet with the Dircctor of Civil Aviatj-on and to agr.ee on the flights of our aircraft in iliger duri:eg the 1980 rainy season when rivers of this eowrtry have to be treated,. It h.as been agrced tirat the Progra.uiae aircraft wouJ-d fly over lViger terrj-tory on a regular basis as from the 4th wedr i:r Junc. Each maclcine will co.r=Xr a copy of the rcl-evcnt autlr.orization issued by the Niger authosltics who have received. an up-to-date list of piJ-ots arid haye issued an identlty card.for each onc of then. Itre Tapoa air-strip was to be o.Igirud for land.tng before 23 Jwrc. Ey telex on 20 Jur:.e, ll-r I{.R. Quantick, aviation plan:aing consultant from En31aa:d, has giveir 11is agreement to r:ndc,--'tCcc a tivo-month consul- tantship in August :u:cl Scptenber. Mr Quantick vril1 rcrrielv our aerial. operations, detcmrir:.c arces requirir:g lmprovencnts or changes, and. nalte proposals for futru:e operations. Eeonomic Devel t Three contractual agreenents have been signed. ruith thc Center for Research on llcononic Dc.velopncnt, uni-versity of llicirlgan, Ann Arbor, u.s.A. The first agree:mt, for an am.ount of !531,572, covers the prepana- tion of tlvo rescarch papers to serve as basis for ciscussion during the Suri:rel Senj:rar. Ore concerns tire health problors and policies in the Pa::ticipatir:.g countr:es of the Progra.mre, the second. is a compara-tive st'"tdy of donor policics and. health prograrn'res. Tire seconcl agreencnt, for an amorxlt of $44.4O5t covers prelimj qar;r work for the preparation of a stud.y on the labor productivity effects of onchocerciasis. Tire tlr-lrd a.grcencnt, for an anor-mt of $42.640 is in relation with fellowsh:ips to be awardcd to researchers or cirril segraarts of thePartieipati.:eg Couirtries for training and research i:: health econonics and policy analysis at the university of Llichigan. ]n addition to the cost of assisting students and the special attention they wilJ. reclulrethe arnor.mt also covers the costs of developing the overal-I prograrure of -3- traini::g for the five ye;rr period (fg8O-fge5), worki:rg out appropriate curicula and special progrnnrries. Iraining i:r Aquatic lloni toring IolJ.ouri:ig discussions dr:ring the ltrational Onchoccrciasis Corm:ittees neeti::g in 0uagadougou the Prograrone Dircctor vmote on 19 Jr:ne to H.E. Dr IIrGolo Traor6, Iti:rister of Health of lir"fir confi:ming the Progra.rme willi::gness to fli:ance thc practical training of iialian }lydrobiologists and recluesti:rg that the na.tues and curriculr.:m rrj.tae of candld.ates be urgent\r subrLitted. Computer l{app:-ng 3y telex on 16 Jr.rne the Progremme inforned the Commi ssion of theprogress of the work urrdertaken to prorride thc reqrrlred data for the eomputer mapping of the whole ?rogramme area ancl of the ertension str.rd.y zone. These w1ll be avaj-Iab1e by the end of June. The colLection andprocessJng of nisslng data concerning f1y catches should be oompleted bythe end of Jr:ly. Ilydrology - Benin By letter on L3 Jme thc Programms Direc;or confizmed to H.E. thei/Ii-nister of Health of Benin that the prograame woul_d be wilUr:g to contribute to some of the erpcnses to be i.ncurred. j-n connexton with thesetting up of thc reclulred Lrydrometrj-c statj-ons in the o:tension study zone of that country. The lrograorce contribution yuotd-d incl-ude prowisi-onfor veklcles, t'ucI and naintena.r:ce as well as flrir\g tlme for aerial surrreys, up to a rna:Cfum.lm of l3l55oeooo cFA fra:r.cs. Tiris contribution would bc grantcd. provided. the a.unounts required. for the butldj.1ag of access road.sr 5111541962 clrA francs, and for the installation of the eight stations,51t 7901000 CFA francs, werc secured.. Researeh Dr R.J. Cooter, en-bouologist, Ccnter for 0vcrseas Pest Research, has agreed to urdertalie studies, by carrying out tethered fJ-ight experiments with s. d.a.m:.osuu, to deterrri:re the tine of the d.ay ar:d the period. of the rire.@:ned'f1i6^htmighttaJrep1ace.DrCootcrj.soqlected.to spend. tlo months next autr.tm in the Progranrme area for that purtrlose. 0n 18 June the Prograaoae sent to the Rsgj-ona1 Office a list of aILthe researeh agreenents entered. i-nto between the Progamne and. variousinstitutions and. research workers fron 1974 to 1979. -4- I,tleetings Ox 19 Jwre the ?rogranrne forrruard.ed to tlre participairts of the NationeJ Onchocerciasis Conn-tttecs r:eeti-ng the list of docuroents, the final. cormwriqu6 and the text of the closlng acclress by tl:e llti:rister of HeaLth of Upper Vo1ta. Ihe report of the fiirst ileetj:rg of the Conrn-lttcc of Sponsoring Agercics was sent to its members on 1l June. TLre prov-isional agenda for the First meetjng of the Programle E)qrert Adv-isoqy C6nnif,f,ss ivhtch is to take place at ltEO Head.quarters in Geneva, from 9 to L2 Septe;aber1 has been scnt to the mernbers of the Committee on 17 Jwrc as well- as to the Regior:a1 Director and. Directors TDR aircl YBC. Backgrou::d documents on the Independent lorocj-ssion and on the Feasibllity Stud.y ln the Senegal River Rasi-n have al-so been forwarded. to the merobers of the Conmittee as reports on these tvro item,s are to be suhultted. for their consideration. Othcr ltems on the agenda include a review of thc Progranne and consideration of the report of the Ecological Group. Indep elld ent 9 oqqtse I qr [he Chaizraan of the Commission, by letter on 5 Jr.:::e, has j.:afomred the Progre,nme Director of krls plans to visit the sevcn cor.rntrj.es this auturme to discuss tl:e Commission jnterj:r rep'rt bcfore its subnission to the Joint Progra;rroe Committee. Upper Volta wou.l-d be visited j:: November and the six other countries i-n October. Dr Gordon Sruith alsoplan to visit the Rcgional Dircctor j:n Brazzavllle iir ear\y October. Co]-laboration As a first stcp for col-laboration between thc Orrcirocerciasls Control Prograr.me and the Bluc llile Health Projcct, the Progra:,r,ure Director by lettcr on 14 Jur:c to Dr A.H. Taba, Regional Director, Jaster:e l{ed.iter::a- nean Rcgiona1 Office, suggests a participatio: at our aru:uaI ueetjJxg of of the Joint Progra-:r:e Connittce. Adminlstratlon By nenos on 18, 19 anC 20 tlure the names of three candldates for the presently vacant posts of cntomologists (tvro posts) and T::ansporb I'Iana6ement Offieer werc submitted for selection and approval by the Regiona-1 Director. \ .z---\' --, L'I- _)I J. B. Darries HQ Oua6ad.or.gou Acrial- 0peratj-ons(:nctua:-ng fucJ.) Sectors Ba,nako Bobo-Dioul-asso Bouak6 lnma-Kara Natitingou famafg eed.is Ghana Salaries (weeJrly estimates) Progra.mme area AsRo/{Q E,{PJr,TTI]PJ FOR T}IE WEH( 16-20 JUtiE 1gB0 CU,1]I,ATIYIJ 19eo (.i, ) frs. i,[a]-i it rl i? li ti li 1l l1726 rO74 l-ro],2r24O 2l-r436 L2r5g7 6]1252 221486 25 1555 6 r1L3 2 r]-47 1354 17or0oo Total cxpend.lture 16-20 June 1980 Cumulativc expenditr:re for the prerious 24 weeks Iota1 cr.uiruJ-a.tiye expen&i- ture for 25 weeks 5r2O5 rBO7 ActuaL "Drchange Rate: 1 IIS $ e 2J:O francs CFA 420 francs L{ali 2.75 cedis Ghana Ilre anorrrrt of fi273747 rcpresents l.do of the total budget of il5rOZT ,1ooapproved for 1980. Ihe cr:nu1l."tive oc,rcnditr:re for ilre first 2! lvccl;s of tirc year ivhen comparcd with thc erpcnC"iturc for the sa"ne period. irr 1979, rcflccts an increase of l+.{o. 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