Aerial operations: report for the month of February 1981

WORLD HEALTH ORGAN IZATIO N Mr*s -$n 4t2z OR.GANISAT r.-,N MONDIAiL DE LA snNrE I*ELRI]\l OPIi]_^-TI0trj Report for tl:e rrronth of Februaqr 1!81 I. CLNry -:-3-3-3-:-3-;-3- 1. ti$[tcl]-{'Lq*q|Sl.ru-q,qj- I)-tring t'-re month, treatnent vras restrj-cted- alnost entirely to tire main river systems follor,drg the drying of almost alI tributaries, -Is a consequ-eilce 51197,1 litres of abate was d.-i-spersed by air compa::ed witb 11r713.5 litres in Januarl'" 'iith the ]o'.,rer river d.ischa;ges, the fjxed" wing ci:ccuit i.ras rcd.uced" a;:d. tl:e Bagoe was treated. entirery by helicopter in the 4th week of the montir" The cor.roe i,ras treated for the whole of its leng'i;r: to the last breed.i:rg site before tLie sea. :11*r:$-fgg toleraace io abate was in evidence on t]:e sassan,-1ra and. i-t nas tree.ted. along a certejn stretch r',"ith chlorpho:rir-r f or tl',e Tthr BtLr a-rci lth eycLes. r,rith the incompa- tibiliW of t.re helicopter release system to tolerate both al:ate sf,.ld. chlorr:1:.oxiia, the ci-rcuit rrras arrengcd in su_ch a manner thr.t the chlorphoxin 'lras used o::r t'"'re last day of tlie circuit just before the helieopter retr:rned. to its biase. also sho',,red. evid"ence of \\ras successfuliy t::eated. with 3aci11us Thuringien,s-is '-xr hp:-d- fror a helicopter on tire lth cycle. Tn the East, zero f1;, catcl.res throughout most of t'-re region enabred a number o-f rivers to be ivitherd. fron trcatment. Thus in the last c),cle of the nionth only one treatment '';,elicopter r,,ras requi.red. to trea"t parts of ti:.e i'.hite voJ-ta, Oti, (oumo-'r.gor-r-, I(are and sota rivers. 1.1. I,.::3L{.CJp_L;,-qY!SD. { cycles :rere conpleted. dr:ring ttre month. 1. 2, .rjipgjllc-r_Ij!.,ilPf].81 NiI. The Grec,raJr' on the Leraba river Simulir:m tolerance to a.bate ari tl,:.s 1. 4. -2- 2.0, 0trIEA AERIAI 0PEiLiTI0l{S 54.5 heLLcopter prospection hours were flown as follows: 15.2 on the leraba for susceptibility test a,nd. treatnent wit 3. IIn. LB.1 Prospections on the Sassarnrlra ancl Cavally rivexs, O.E administra.tion irelicoptcr houls were flov'n demonstrating; larvicid-ing techniques to tvo erpert conmittee members. IARVICTDE DISPENSM See table 1. FT,IGI{r ltOlIRS See table 2. 4.I, FLIGIII HOUT]S 3Y ?H/,SE See table J. 4.2. ?II0[1 FLTG]I]T HOURS See tahlc 4. 4.1. FLrGI{i' fiOiIRS 0F VCU PERSoN}TEL See table l. 5.0. I-tNDITGS AND FUEI USE'D See tsblc 6. 6. TREATT'IEI{T AREA See enclosed. map. 7.O. Pll4$E 1 The whole phase was treated by helicopter a.fter the 3lack Volta d.osa6es became too sma1l for the fixed. wing. The Tain river was the only tributa:ry of the Black Yolta sti11 und.er treatment and the Comoe section of Phase T was treated. by helicopter. 1 1 DT]AQE| -TTI ar a r lf-uxi I_!_ *T- u ",l,lhite Volta remained. 7.2. PH4qE III(EI By the end- of be sr:spend.ed- on all and. Kara. 7 the rnonth only a small un,ler treatment. section of the Nasia. and- the month, 1ow f1y d.ensities era"bled treatnent to rivers witir the exception of tkre Oti, Koumongou- 7.1. P_I{ASE rIr(w) The fixed. wing was taken off treatnent of the Ba4ioe after the 5rd. cJrcle of the month when quantities of insecticid.e required- were reduced, from 2.0 to 1.0 litre. '1.4. PIIJSE rV After a suspension of 4 weeks, treatinent of the Sassandra resumed r'rith abate on the 6th cycle and on the /th cyclcs chlorphoxim was used. on the stretch Ba6.be-Guessabo. 8.0 STAFF l,lOMmmlms 1^/II0 - J. Pouth Pouth resumed. work on the 2nd. I{arch after h cme leave. VfKII'.TG - Project marrager 11, Tyrarick and- Chief Engineer D. OfDonnell returned. on 16.2.81. Pilot l{cKeever returned, on 2.2.81 anrL pilot G. Gil1 d,eparted. on 18.2.81 . *l€ <-t. 11 _r'------ ; B. Cliff Chief of ;lerial Operations -4- .TA3_I+E 1 ABATtr prsrylism - TEBRUARY 199I 't'JEEK t-----l PIL1SE I PIIASE II PTLISE rrr(E) PITASE TIr(:r'; PIIASE TV 50.2 u5.s <7' 91.6 L1L.4 112.5 a17.O 7A1.3 240.3 752.8 ]4.2 148.1 ACt'7a) a t 974.8 287.0 82.B l.r4.1 25r.5 ]-19.O nozIOo) l-11.1 trno 124.0 TOTAL 50,2 979.L 122.4 468.7 229.2 0.4 229.6 i +- IPorter I{eIi-East Heli-1trest Heli-South Porter ileli-idorth I{e1i-Centre TOTAI Porter Eeli-I.Torth Eeli4entre TOT-iI, Porter Iieli-Eerst I.Ie1i-l'/est IIeIi-Soutl: lilArll f 264.O 21L.7 2L1.4 484.1 105.1 a26.5 486.0 7.4 l.]-.6.5 86.0 oc 101.' 326.9 425.5 Porter I{e1i-East Iieli-iIest IIe11-South 192.5 99.9 I 7L.9 o.3 I 0.1 100.2 I 72.O 456,1 )'6 98.2 56,o 2LB1.B 12.4 484.9 c.7tr, DLl)a1 695.5 | - t. ?,C-)_1r -- | /-/L./ ***-*-*-4---i ror.J I eoe.4 't c'] .7LL.{ I u 4.5 l.zj-.7 752.4 mnmlTIUI-llaJ i.-_G-_--1--.!*tl PI'L'riE IV Pcrte:: Heli-East iicli-dest I{eli-S o,,tt}r TAtsIE 1 (cont'd) crug^tl,L0j1$.1]:slp-r.dg"-:-I$lj[I,rg"i:s,r 54a.5 [MlI J!-TATE DISPE];SED I 6,387.I TOT;J, CHLOllPI.i0";iil',i DISP,II fSID : 1lj..5 \/-I.,'I-)l-./ C.GOTZ C-]JFGT c-GQlrc C-GOM C-G/r0Z C-GXTJ i ru-:r Ir-- I I| :o::c i uoro II loro Ii lmo I t,,ttl:a I I I t,tlilrCI -6- trrt;IIjl . 7L.7 75,4 47,L ol,) ,18"2 14.5 58.4 77.t 7L.7 75.8 ,1.5 47.L 67., 58"4 --*-t 17r.5 l rT].DTr zL^{.uJ ) i,LIGIil' IOUNS Ri fli:x3E - Fll-;lRii,lltY.-1rgl iIII! i,:'4iqr_c_mr.q l I F."TNG 53.4 i ,, irrr(l,) i i,).t i u.T 4q'i$E'4i.:!Iari I '. illJ-t irr121.5l_rrrr318.2 lllI rrr(r) | 90.9 I - i ! rv I T().2 I on.,t-- -+ -+-- i ,,,or.r*.0. i :, i te 'a i.PiiosPrcrr,i!rrii BrLr 1,i.i | ,rr1u) i i }..EIJ.TG rir (ir) | -lr---\'lllrvira.,t* _._--:--_----_{___ i Htrr,r o.B I ::-.-, Ii irr(u) ! POTA! }.ELI fr.;.,{iIC 373.5 54.4 rrr(i,r) IV I rI rrr(r:r) 1Ir(t'r) IV 'I,)O trLLL. -) 21.5 90.9 t9.l 97.5 Joh.nson Leynaert Prlce Itiley Gi11 I{airsine i'lclarrgl:1in i{enrickson i3yc11o Philippon Davies ctiff Pangelet Pouth Poutlr 0po1;r: Aitchedji Zerbo -B- .TABLE-l 3Ii1W -"Llqg. HoU-:LS 58. o 45,8 44.O 75,0 50.7 22.6 45,1. 54,O 46.5 T,}qtE J VCU FLICI-IT }IOTT]TS 7.4 24.8 4t.g L9.6 12.1 -9- .{A3}g-l .:r{:iru"lcj,-",:,'A4.f r-}l.gFil: j"lE-Bgil'i.[-]_rpl" ru-*r- i ; ---" I -trorar i ,6 | s+la it***--- --.*.J-.-*:*-.*--.+__*_:::**- j!e:i:/rt;; I I ii-__-.itlilor6i[_lIla.nbor!rl15oi I r t -/- ii*-*-*- --*i-*--. 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I .). r 5560 i .-*-_--*-J ]1 .P}I.tJE I7 TTi_,1 l,i,- ,1/ '(1fr !aVV-t: -t L).1- .t3or.,116iSifeo ii,ianlronoilit50iSeiuelatLlizSeo I.oroncloill,,rrja3ian]:ou-,:: i + i lqori,mlBirzro -Dorobou i 7 i tllo 'r'oulraiZilOO soua.tr6 lcirreZ(]uislolZilgoSou-'-,riirlzilo .rlbelr,";o,.,Joui1i+OOGcu:'uaaia I e i .,;;; l_rlTvv _L1 _ sulri I'1 ,illY -'10 rl:',,t c ?r;:iE I i-T- d- a" 1..'- Dir I-L Pnsr ilr(r) Pi;isr.r III('I) PIII,JJE IV G'Lr...^i!f) 'l0il.\l !iqts!. Y) 28 OU 12 Ao lUlt, (litres ) 15 r 1OB 1,590 o 1cnv, LLv 5, E5o L4re57 284 47rfrJ- '-i> ttr- .' .- t.. ll j--tl ?". B. Cliff Chief of Aerial Operations @,; € r{l col$il '-l I E{ EI otlHl ql ol arl ;i +)I f;i sl ol f-{; f,i srl z(, J H 2 r^a6 5o 2e r3* 6 - ci u(4o .JGt!(-,g ueF2 C>U uFv- : U c: uEE Et,o A. g a z ol dt et G ao F"3 Uf, =e(.,oG .J(:, eF-Zo() 6 6 UOo o2o 1..-: Vr1. , 1 I !' --- lm1 .-.-_..'^^$ i ''='r:'\ ^'ri\ \ zv\ r !t aoo*at-\:.:, .r.-_l -r-...----.' 'Ji t...., \ *L*=".tJ ) t" \^i ,/*',-*/ I