Entomological surveillance

\l$. R. \);\\on. From: Ifarc ls b"zirt Progr"amae Director I'4EnI0BAJ{DUM To: AIL Chiefs of Units Serrri-ces and Sectors Date: 19 li[arch 1980 Entoroological Sr.uveillanc e lhe prevailing drSr season cond.iti-ons contribute largely to the very satisfactory eetoraological situation shotvn on the average daify catclres rnap of the weelc. One problem remails on the south borxrdarj-es of the Progranrme area iJI Ivory coast where, on the Bandemn and the Nzl riyers, up_streaa of [j-assa16, flies are stirl being caught jgr too large " ru*f,"r ill epite of weekly treafuert. Investigations have bee:c jnitiated to uad.en- stand. ttrls problen. Aerla-1 Contract By telex on rL lflarch trfr A. costello, Representative of the ccc, reported to the Prograune Director on the statr:,s of outstanttlng alrcr"aft modlficatlons which were revlewed dr,ring the Febnrary meetilg. By telex on the same day, xtr costello concurs w'ith the proposalof the Programme to deduct the anor:nts for 1979 non-re\reclue fue1, $19r1?5r md for the 1979 year end reconcillation of excess hours,fi13r7l7.551 from the }fiarch 19BO paleent for flight hou.rs. Epidemiolory Parasitological anti ophthal-uologica-l teams are presently carrSri:rg out basle exanj-nation in the exbension study zone j:r Togo. Ophthaluo-loglcal qcamjnations for the eraluation j.:r ttr-is area arE befug ca3ried. out by Prof. A. Ty'njue, oslo uniyersity Eye Departuent, who his r-rrd.eptaken a five-weelc consr:-l-tatlon for that purpose. Dr C.A.A. Quenum, HDO/AI,RO Dr S, tr'lache, ADG/A Dr A.0. L,ucas, ID!/HQ Dr J. Ilam.on, VN/HQ Dr T. lepls, IUIAP/HQ Dr A. Daris , frP/HQ IEn C. Ivlorow, nfViiq Ifr A: Groenendljk, mIAiQ I.I:r C. Vignes t fre/HQDr F. Grant, Atr'RO Dr F. Inartin-Sanos, Vi"PC/Ouaga Dr K. Illartt-Brew, IWVC/Accra Dr F. Si1ou, WPC/Cotonou Dr J.J. d'Al-melda, fPc/3a&ako Dr l. /itayil wPc/Abidjan Dr J. Wright, MYCl,Iianey Dr A.K. Mthye, itPC[on6 I{r B. AJ.isba}r, I[or1d Bank I\[r J. Peberdy, World Bank Mr S. Docningl TlorJ.d Bamk lfr C.H. Bonte-trFietlhei.n, tr'AO Mr C.G. Groom, FAO IIr M, Doo Kirrgu6, UI,IDP I\[r S. NtDiaye, UItiDP 19 March 1980 -2- $r letter on 13 March the ?rogramme info:mred the health authorities in rvory coast that an epldemiological evaluationis scheduled from 14 to 21 April in three rrirlages of the DabakalaDepartnient: lissol-o, sirakoro and. Ganse, as weli as jJr one rilla.gei.:: the Ferkesedougou Departrent : Guiendana. I{ytlrometry By letter on 10 LIarch the Minister of Health of Beri:a hasinformed. the Prograrm,e Director that oRsToI{ has now subnttted. arr estimate, a.uor.mting to 5lrgzorooo cFA, for the establishment and one year uonitoring of B lSrdroraetric statj-ons ia Beejgr. The l,fi.::ister asked the Prograruoe Director to kindly let L:_ln 1:row what wopld bethe Progra:ame contributj-on to the establislunent of ilrese stations. By letter on 18 l,[arch the Prograrrnne d.relv the attention of theArclr-ttectr.ral and E:glneering services corporation j:i Accra to thed.eteriorating state of existing water gauges in the riyers coveredby the Prograime control operations in Ghana, and asked. for conrments and proposals to rerae{y tire situatlon. Aquatic Moni Data The Oontractual Serrrices Agreement betweqe the Lleitrersity ofsalford and the Progra.m:e, for analysis of the prograrme aquatic nonitorj:ng data in 1980, has been renewed. for an amowrt of fi212733.Und.er this agreement, - all inconing data wlrl be checked, corrected and processed.into the computer; - detailecl sr.rnrmaries of invertebrate and fish data wiIL beprovided to the monitoring teams i.:r a mermer to be define6 1n consrrl-tation with them; - the possibllity of add.lrrg non-biological data such as treatment sch_edules, tryd.rologica-l and meteorological info:matj_cn, to improveanal;rsis of exlstjng d.ata will_ be inv-stigated; - a detai-Ied statistical analysis of aJ-J- available data w111 beca:ried out in accord.ance with the requi-rement of the progra^rmre; - progress reports wilL be subndtted quarterly to vrlH0 with aspecial reporb by the end. of August for consicleration by the trcologicalGroup. Research Dr M. Denke who, wid.er a tvvo-month consultar:.tshr-Lp, had r,md^ertakenthe samplirlg of the r,\ri-ld. fauna in the Comoe ga^Ere reserve south of Bobo-Dior:f-asso, for the presence of onchocerca ssp. which roay be ca:ried by -$. da4'rgsrm. has nolv completed his work ln the fieId. He reports halrjng beesl' able to exarnine 28 wild arrimals and harrj-::g folmd skin nodules onthree species. He is presently exanining the ioduLes and adult womxs atDr Schul-z-Keyts laboratorT iJt lom6. Trair::ing On 10 llarch the ?rogramrne Director has approved the trainjng in irydrobiolory of llr Paul-in lrlrBouke and. Rbierr:ce lJrodo, both from the ilinistry of P.ura1 Devel-opment, Fishery Departreirt, fu Benin. Their progr,rnme of training is presently bej:ig established. A two-day session, vr.ith the participation of Iylx C. Dupr-1y and IYIrs I{. lossiqr, hand.]-ing the Programme d.ata at HQl iril-1 be he}1. in Oua.gadougou on B and ! April for the benefit of the sector chiefs and of the data collecting clerks j:r the vector coirtror and Epide- uiologi-ca] E\iraluation Units. This session will- be followed by a two-day technical neeting on 1o arld 1l April for all the sector chiefs. Tire neeting vril1 be d.evoted to the preparation of the 19Bo relnvasion stucj-es arrcl to dj-scussions on the internal vcu working arrangcments. Insecticides An ilteneal joint meeti:eg of OCP and ym/iIIQ staff was held in Geneva on 14-16 Llarch under the chaizuanship of Dr J. I{anon, Director Division of Vector l3io1ory and Control, to revlerv progress jrr research on new insecticides and to establish a plarl of action to intensiff the efforts in that field. In particular the long ter:n needs of OCP were assessed. Dva1ua- tions of jrrsecticides carried out so far and progress nad.e i:r trials of larvicides were revielved. The meeting also discussecl conditions und.er whi.cir trials j:r the fiel-d are to be carried out, including the criteria by wLdch a decislon for the partial or total replacenent o:f the fo::nrul-a-tion presently being used will- be mad.e. AIso jscl-uded in the agend.a were prlorities j-n the selectj-on of new larwici<les, respective responsi-bilities of the Progranr:ie and VBC with regard. to liaison w-ith industry and the planning anc1 supervision of the differcnt sta5es of evaluation.A plan of action to speed up the trials of Ia:vicicles presently urrder consideri.r.tion has been established. Tire partici-p:rrrts l-rirve agreed to meet on eur errl hoc basis to accelerate the pIalnj:rg rurcl the eval-uation of research activiti-es. G.overrucnt Contrlbutl mas S telex on L1 l{arch to the lvlinisters of i{ealth of Ivory Coast,Mali and Beni:r, ti:.e Programme Director requested. tirat the necessary steps be ta.iren to ensure prompt and final settler:rent of the contribu- tion of tliei-r Govemi:ent to the Prograrnme for tire period A9T+-A979. National- Onchoc erciasis Commrittee Meeti-ng $ telex on 10 iirarch the Programe Director i-nformed the Presidents of the National Oncirocerciasis Comrnittees that the Government of Upper.-Volta has deci-decl to i-nvite the Connittees for their Irourth meeting on 10-12 June j-n Ouagadougou. -4- At the request of thc Progra-,ame Director a.ird in preparation for the forthcoming neeting of the National- Oechocerciasis Conmittees, reports on aquatic monltori:rg and extension stud.ies are being established.by the Progranrae. Ihese reports should be evai-Iable for circuJ-ation toParticipating Goven:ments by early Apri1. Corrmi ssiOn Llader a contractual- services Agreenent, in ilre fo:m of a letter d.ated 14 lrfiarch l9BOr tne london School of Hygiene ai:d Iropical I,Iedicine will receive an a,,rount of $1161400 for the continuation, jrl 1980, ofthe activities of tire Ind.epenrl.ent Coranissi-on establ-lshed. by IYIIO to con- sider the long-ter:r fut,":.re of the Progra.rnme. Ih:is ai:owrt coyers nairlythe sezvices of a techarical assistant, a furl-tj.:ee end a part-tine secretary, statistical personnel, translation se::v-ices and. paSrm.ent for working papers and computer napping stud.y. D Pro ect - Set'r River Basin By radio messnge on 10 i\flarch the prog::a.ume Director gave his agreeuent to the secondnent of Iilr Joseph Cor:J-iba1y, Prrcgranme laboratorytechnician, to the Study Project in the Serega]. River Bas:l Area, forfour nonths as from 1 April, to participate in the med.ica_1 sr.rrney inGuitea-Bissau. ,'/l/. ,,' Adrnlnistratlon so far Bor0o0 litres of Abate out of tLte S4orooo litres oroered.for 1980, have arrived. $ telex on L7 March tne prograrure requested urgent delivery of the two remairr-ilg orders for 2oorooo and.6orooolitres to a1-low proper distribution jn the Prograru.1e area before thestart of the rairry season. The Progrararne Director approved on 12 l,farch the reconrnend.ations of the Property Survey Conrrlttee to remove from the i-nventory 42 vehj.cLes.Sone 8516 of these.rel::Lcles have eitirer attajrred. IOO,OOO ]cn or have beenin use for over 3 yeats and are now too expensive to mai:rtai-n. Ihe othershave either been involved jrt serious accidents or recluire very errpensiveparts to keep tl:.en rururing. of these 42 vehicl_es 39 are to bL sold ar:d. t'he 3 others are to be canibalLzed.. So far J6 velr-icl-es have been aiveptized for sa1e. Bid.s to be subnitted r:nder sealed. envelopes vlill be opened at public sessions in ouagadougou, on 2'l Llarch, for 1g velr_tc]es,i-n Bobo-Dioulasso, on 3l tr[arch, for 9 vehic]-es, and il Ta.ualer on 9April, for 9 vehlcles aIso. The 3 remeiniJr.{g vehicles are located irrIvory Coast and authorization for sale is still to be sought from the national authorities. !.' ( i,larc I,s fu.zin ,- I IOCAI CUiUijdICY CIIMUL/TTIVE r.eBO ($) CLT,firu[IlM1e7e ($) EXPEIDITURII FoR [Ifi ]'EM t0-14 j'/IARCH 1980 CUIlPflTT !'miH($ ) HQ Ouagad.ougou Aerial Operations(::rctuaing fuel) Sectors Pqr,lako Bobo-Di-oulasso Bouak6 I.,a.ura-Kaza Natitingou Ta.roaLe cedis Ghana Salaries (weekly esti-nnates ) hogramme area Ar'Ro^A 67 1519 +25,07e 53trg0o +Br5O2 57Lr1ol +oB1577 frs. I,T,al-i- " c11. illt ilil ll lt 1541525 7Og,20O 21269rgto 97 r2l-) 50169l- 120.00 168 11177 10rB0g +61 24L +4 ILBr g0T 6, B0o 7 ro5:- 9 )99+ 37r2o1 L6 1274 t2rg71 7 r6€'1 Lr2OLr47l- 74rBoo 3r9e6 41746 78r7O5 10r0B7 9rl8o 841 955rB7O 74IBOO Total eryenditure 10-14 lrlarch 1980 256,83O Cr:mu.lative oqien&lture for the prerrious 10 weeks 2 tO98t97B TotaL cr.unrrlative exp endJ-ture for 11 weelrs 21355 r76e 1rB18r 2gO Actual JDcchange Rate: 1 IIS {) = 21:O francs CFA 420 francs MaIi 2.75 cectis Ghana The a,nouret of lri256r8jO represerits t.flo of the to-bal- budget of $il5 'OZTrLOOapproved. for l-9S0. The ctuul-ative expenditr.lre for the first 11 weeirs of the year vrhen cornpared. rrrith the etqrendi-ture for tl:e sa:le peri-od. in L979t refl-ects er:r increase of 2g.&. o- d i I bo J H - ./l 6 =a 2I rJuE J .n - o UJ!\o(JEluC) c)n Ets -oo g E3 U6', uf - e(9 r>G e ue zfi<(lI ew >E E6 1 q =f dtt or c)d EoL' UTIoGroo s15 Ej t I EJ I I