Entomological surveillance

\tU- R",\)JL,, ltEt4oxal.Iful,t Iotrhom: I{arc Ls BazLn ProgEamme Director No. 12/eo All Chiefs of Units Services and Sectors Date: 6 AWust 1980 _&ts4q I oeic_a} -$qrye iL I 4qc e In the East the e:iryerimental treatment on the headrrraters of the Ani6 anti Mono Rj-vers in Togo and on the Bassa River i:: Ghanar which was initiated. in mid.-June for 5 weeks, has been completed., We sha1l now watch the progres- sion of the retuzn of the flies. In the West, though less than one fly per d.ay was caught at Pont Leraba the number of reinvading flies is sti1l high on the Bagbe and. Ba,oule systems in lvlali. In Ivory Coast treatment of the lower Sandana i-s closely monj-tored.. The attention will concentrate this week on the treatment of the Da;rartgoro breed.ing site on the l{arahou6 where average d.aily catches reached, 256 l-,ast week. Aerial Contract Followi-ng our telex on 2) Jufy, requestirg: a report on the d.evelopment of one helicopter chlorphoxim tolerant system for or.rr triaL, sched.uled. to start on 11 August, CCC informed. the Programme by retr:rn that Vikirg had a^rzanged for fj.breglass rese:evoir tank to be coated. on insid.e with chlorphoxina resistant resin for shipment when work will be completed.. Pend.ing location of sources for chlorphoxim tolerant material Vjking ind.i- cated. they may have to use existing seals and. hoses and. risk d.eterioration. By telex on 2) J'u*y the Programme confirmed that Mr Bazj-n, I\b Cliff and. ivlr ivlarr will attend. the next statutory meeting: between the representa- tives of the Programme, the Canadiarr Comnercial Corporation and VJJring, which will talce place in 0ttawa from 18 to 22 Ar:gust. nr C.A.A. Q.renum, RDO/AIRO Dr A.O. lucase TUi/HQ Dr J. Ha,non, \EC/HA Dr T. Lepbs, I{AP/}IQ Dr A. Davis, PIP/HQ Mr C. Morrow, IM/Ha Mr A. Groenendj-jkr, BIT/HQ I.'Ir C. Vignes, tm/IIQ Dr I'. Grant, Af'TtO Dr F. I{artin-Sasros, WPC/Orraga Dr K. Ward-Brew, .NnIC/Accrafu tr'. Si1ou, "{PC/Cotonou Dr J.J. d.tAlmeid.a, W1fBamako Dr L. Atayi, VIPC/Abidjan Dr J. Wright, ll,,lC/I{iamey Dr A.K. MtBayee tlPC/Lorrl Mr B. Alisbalr, Wor1d. Banlc ivlr J. Peberd.y, World Bank Mr S. Den::irr.g, Wor1d. Banl< Itr C.II. Bonte-trbied.heim, FAO I{r C.G. Groom, FAO Ivtr lt. Doo Kingu6, UNDP I4r S. NrDiaye, UNDP 2ppidendolorr Dr M. Karam, parasitologist, Epidemiological E\raluation Unit, visited. the Ernst Rod.enwal&lnstitute in Lom6 from 28 JuJ-y to l August to familiaxize himself r.rith the laboratory techniques used. for the stud-y of adult worms. Those incl-ud.ed cligestion of nod.ules, isolation of adult r,rorms and stud.y of the embryogenesis in the femaJ-e worms. Aouatic Ivlonitorinp A corrtractuaJ- agEeenent for the ichtyolory monitoring of the rivers treated- by the Programme in Ivory Coast, in the arnowlt of $481000, has been signed. with the ivltnistry of Scientific Research of Ivory Coast and was approved. for payment on 2) Jtily. Accord.ing to this agreement the Institutefor tropical Ecology of the l{inistry will und.ertake at specific sites the monitori-rrg of tlie seven follor^iing rivers: Sassand.ra, lvlarahou6, Bagoe, Barrd.ama, Leraba, IIt Zi a,nd Como6. Cornputer Mapoins Dx J. Davies reported. on his meeting on 18 July i'rith the Independ.ent Commission Secretary a.nd. Dr D.P. Bickmore, Director of the BcperimentaJ- Mapping Sefiice, I{atr.uaJ- trtr:v'ironnent Research CouncJ.l in london. Dr Bickmore d.emonstrated. variations in sca1e, quality of cIata, and one method of d.isplaying entomological and. epidemiological data for each capture point. Because of linitation of fwld.s it may not be possible toplot in complete d.etails al-I the rivers in the Prograrnme area but the river systems shor^rrr on the stand.ard. Programme map, WHO 79L51, would. sewethe mjnimum requj-rements. FinaJ- d.ecision on the use of the map remaj::.s with the Cornn:Lssion. A map showing the 268 catching points presently retained. i:r the Prograinme area was trarrd.ed. to Dr Biclcaore who had. already received. aII the ATF and A.BR data for these points for the years L977-79. Earlier data are being processed. and. wiII be available before the end. of the month. Corln,.iss.ion Dr Davies aJ-so addressed. the Corunj-ssion rnernbersl who were hold.ing'their Jrd. rneeting in Geneva from 28 JuIy to 1 August, to bring them up-to-d.ate on the entomolo4:icaJ- situation. Subjects mentioned. were the results on the ilter:rrption of treatnent on a certain umber of rivers d.uring the first and. second. quarters of the yeaxr cu:rent work to d-etermine the invaded. areas in ItTa]1, results on the Amerj_can Cyanarrid. insecticid.e trial-s and use of chlorphoxim on the lower Band.ama. Cooperation % h H.D. Newson, entomologist, I{ichigan State University, workirrg on a joint research project with the Sud.an National Institute of Heal-th' w&s on a one'week obse:rrat'i on visit in the Progra.inraq area from 2! July to 1August' Dr Newson had d.iscussions with Programme staff and. was able to obserrre sector and. sub-sector activities at Ta.rnale and. Kintampo. Together with Dr D. Kr:rtalcr VCU Training OffJ.cer, he e4perimented. la.:sral prospec- tions and laboratory work r^rith d,ifferent E_qry species of the Prograrnme sreE[o -5- This week Dr Peter Wels, of the Hambr.rrg l{ed.ical- Institute, working on onchocercj-asis in Guatemala, is visiting the Progra-nu,re Headquarters and meeting with the staff. Admi_niqlration The initial 1981 d-Taft Plan of Action and Budget has been revi-sed, taki-ng into consid.eration the recommend.ations mad.e by the Comnr-ittee of Sponsoring Agencies d.uring theil fi-rst ineeting in June in Ouagad.ougou, and. those made by Director, BtrIfHc1, A report on expend.ih-res and untiquid.ated. obligations as of JOJune 1!80 was issued on l1 Ju1y. cu:=ent projections suggest expend.i- tr.rres j-n excess of the bud.get by fil,54rOOO or 2,M. Tn comparison with initial Bud-get estimated (OCe/79.t), activityincrease is noted particularly in aerial hours, where 55OO hours a.re nowprojected. as compared, rvith lp50 hours fuitially. These a.d.d.itj-onal hor:rs cost aporoximately $JOOrO0O. Activity d.ecrcase j-s noted particularly in Pcrsorurcl Services as 10 pos-bs l/rore vacant during the first semester, representing approxirnately $ZeOrOOO. Over expend.itures are d.ue primarilyto cost incrcases since June 1979. Vehicle fueL has increased- by 2A/o, aviation f:ueL by 6!/o, airline travel by 4t%. Dr Keru:eth Ivhr11en, a citizen of the uSA, formerly vrith the Depart- ment of statistics, university of Guelph, ontario, canad.a, has taken uphis d.uties as statistician for the hogranme on 25 July 1!BO. Ls. Bazin t' m(PmmITUF.lI trOR THX i/lm{ 2E JUIY - 1 i\UGUST }980 HQ Ouagadougou Aerial Operations(including fuel) Sectors Bamako frs. Mali Bobo-Dioulasso rt Ci'A 3ouak6 rr rl Lana-Kata rr rr Natitingou ir ir TamaJe GH. / Saf aries (vreekly estimates) Programme area amo/Ha L25r615 4r848,411 50, 050 TOCAI CUII,MTCY 12BrLO5 11ro75 27, 000 2l-9,915 444,700 955,O9 Cilii11m\TT \,iEH(($) BO0 l-5L tl2 Lro71 2rt59 31q tlzr4o4 5reoo CUMULATIVE 19BO ($) 40,258 121586 64,761 19,794 19,637 11rloo 1r2B2rB17 2_l- r, BO0 CIIVIUIATI\TE 1e7e ($) 2r07gr44B lr44orO5, 10,l.69 t9,559 7er5L5 1t'4L1 18rB17 to 1296 2r755,L14 210, Boo 1 )o566 i Tota.f expend.iture 28 JulY- 01 Aueust 1980 2gg 1601 Cu-u'm-l-ative expend.iture for the previous JO weeks 91929,:-68 Total cumu-l-ative expendi- tr',re for ]1 weeks tor22Br77L 6r694,1o4 Actual kcharrge Rate: 1 us ti = 205 f::anr:s cFA 410 francs I'IaJ-i 2,75 cedLs Ghana The arnount ot $299r60J represents l.f/o of the totaf of $15t412r481, includ.ir:g extension, approved- bud.get for 1!BO. 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