Aerial operations: report for the month of August 1977

/w( Orgenrsatlon Mondl.alg de 1a Sant6 Programe de lutti tdntire 1 rOnchocercose B.P. 549 orra.pad.oueotr .--- Haute Yolta AERIdt OTERAIIOIfS ReoOrt for the nonth of August 197I 3. CIIfR 1. I,AR1rICIDING OPERATIOIilS Hearry raln tlu.rftrg the month cauEed a large lncrease 1n water f]6s ln mqny rdvers. Eloodtng occumed, on the top tz{-hrtarles and upper reaches of the trhlte VoLta and on a number of trdhrtaries flowing lnto the Otl and Pendjar{. rlvere. As a reflrLt, treatment was etopped ln these floottetl. &F€BSo Because of a verry' Low f1y corxrt ln ?hasel,treatment waa progresslvely suspended !n the central reglon of that Ptlase. In the second week of the month treatnent eeased on the upper reaches of the BLack Volta, BougourLba and nost r{.vers north of Batld and by the third week of the nonth thlE r:ntreated area was ertended to lnclutle the Como'C rLver. At the end. of the nonth approxi-na'tely onJry 5€/o of Phase I wae hence und.er treatment wtth a consequent savlng of flylng hours and. tnsectlclder In the Latter part of Auguet, the vo}.me of water lncreased ln the NrZl. r{.ver and the amount of Chlorphorl-u used in the triaL doubleil 1n the laet week. [reatment of the Sassand.ra and Maratroud rlvers, south of the ?:rogremme area, ceased, af,ter the flrst 2 weeks of tlugust. 105.1 heLteopter horrre and 58.6 ffured-wing hours have been usetl to treat th1.s area south of the hograme rtth 71296.3 lltres of Abate duz{.ng the 8 cyclee of treatment, On the l6th August the llamale flxed-wrrr€ rrisltecl lllaney prior to the cotrnenceElent of treatment oa the Melrrou r{.ver borderlrrg.Nlger and Berrln. A treatnent demonstratlon was he1tl. oa the lflger river and was seen by the Minlster of Health and local people. Ihe Mel&ou was treated the followrng dEr and on the subsequent week the ALlborC. river t:a Benln wae adtletl to this new ei:rcul.te 1.L. II,TRYICIDfIfG CYCtrES ! cycJ.es were oompleted durlng the nonth. ..../....- -2- 1.2. ITNSECTICIDE SUPPITEE No firrther supply for the year 1s requlred. 1.r. INSECTTCIDE PERIOmI]rI}T.CE Satlsfactory. 2. OIHER AMIJT OPER/IIIONS Prospectlon fl5dng was kept f,6 s rn{n{nun. 1. hellcopter was ueed 1n conjunctlon rlth 0RSIOM for evaluatlon and hydroLoglcal data 1n the IirLt reglon of the PenttJart rLver system. No erternal frrrng was done. 7. I,ARTTICIDE DISPBISD See table L. 4. ETTGI{I HOURS See tabLe 2. 4.1. ELIGI.M HOIIRS BY EIASE See table 3. 4.2. trtrIGIS HOURS OF PIIOTS See table 4. 4.3. ELIGIM HOURS OF VCTI PERSOIWET See tabLe 5. 5. IJTIIDTIICS See table 6. 6. IREJiTMEIII ARE/\ See enclosed, nap. 7, PHASE I lWo heLicopters and the flxed,-wing were used for the month wlth the exeeptJ-oa of the 4th week when the eastem hellcopter replaeed the flxed-w.ing on the BLaek Vo1ta. on the 5th week of treatment the fixed-vrlng recornnenced 1n the Erl gorge and also treated the Bandoma and r,eraba rd.vers. . , ../ ., ..- 77.L. PIIASE rI Hearry raln ln the northen: part of the Phase caused flootting and a suspenslon of treatment. fhe Whlte Volta lnereased tremend.ously 1n volume and. releases of 75 lltres of .lbate were requlred i.:r 1ts middle sectlon - the 3-argest drops of lnsectlclde nade so far this yea-r. 7.2. ?HI.SE ITT D:ST Treatment continued ln the complex rlver systerns of the la'na Kara and Natitlngou areas. fn the 3rd week, treatment corrmenced. on the Mekrou w-tth the fixed-wing and thls was extended ln the 4th week to include the Aliborl rtver. 7.3. PTIASE IIT WEST lhere was an incnease j.:r volume of sater ln most of the rdvers, but aLl the treat{ng was stiLl possible with one helicopter. 8. STATF GI"-IIGES chlef Pil-ot Halrs!1e in [amaIe ]-eft the project on the 15th August and, wae replaced by H' ffdlo. ?i1ot .X,. Kolter returned to the programe, to be etatloned L:r Bobo. P[Iot J. Kamphuis lefb the Progranrme at the end of the rnonth antl pL].ot G. Krols returned from convalescence. Nem flxed-wing piIot, tr. cote arrived. at the end of the month B. Sima,ga of Aerial Operations went on leave on 6.8.7? and. R. trlon retuzned from leave on 9.8.7?. B 1t. B. C1lff Chlef of J\er{.a1 Operatlons -+- ABAIE DISPENSED - AUGUSI 19?7 TabLe I Phase I CfCLE 7L 77;72; 7+ ,35 TOTAI I{ETI-EASI HEII-SOUIH POBIEN 758t92 257.L 1r16g.o 445l.7 : !L1.0 l-62.O:.ZS+.O Lro64.o\466.6 1009.5: 460.8 377 .7 z 276,5 :591.0 7)165.9 L1247,.3 4 r489.6 :[OTAI, 21364.O Lr57L,l:1Zlt.a \r47.Z.1rzaA 2.J : 8r9O2.8 ======================================================== ===== === Phase IfI $/est ,70,,5 Lo5.o B0.o 744,O L29,7 r00.0 20.0 '543.O 58.0 767..7 70.0 2 1522,2 ,92.7 180.O :EEI,I gESf .I{EII SOTIDH .IIEII EAST :PORIER 497,O ;nonar '. 555.5 . s77.1 .5t?.o .6ot.o '. 877.7a. 3 rO84,9 Phase II CYCI,E 3L. i n itt ; i ,z ; rotar :74 I{Ef,I-NORIH H0trI-CENIRE HEII-EASI POR[ER 2g2.L : 386,7 25.326,7 676.O 176.O I .272 542.O 222,2 26,6 47 tO 556.' tr4l.g,.5 86.4 . 7O.7 2 rgj-'l . 8.2 23,7 5r0.o691;o lO[AIr 984.4 788 746.1 988.8 896.7 4 rr97.6 CYCIE ,t 72 t73 274 35 TOTAI -5- Table I continued PTI/.SE III - ET^ST a CYCIE 3L 12 13 34 35 ToTJJ 3 HEEI-CBITRE : L67.7 238.2 445.O 258.O 188.5 676.O 348.6 2BB.O 756.O 236.5 290.5 :1010.0 t275.3 127r.6 ,574.O HEEI-EirSl POnIER 224.5 268,4 727.O 9.9 :--=lt-:=======!-====i==--==3-==:=l-:-=: B5O.g :rOee.5 :tlgz.a :v37.o 5082.9 t IOL\I, tz]- CYCTE 1L 32 37 74 15 TOflAI HEI,I-SOIITH HETI-WEST POIIIER 104.0 742.5 727.2 97.1 197.1 806.0 t379.2 467.5 0652 t 75 IITRES AIjITE USED OII DU'IONSTR/,TION NI.I,IITEY [0T/rI /^BAIIE DISPE|I{SED = 24921.5 IfTRES CIif,ORPHOX]tr/I DIS }UISED - :CICLEs7lz32t31.7427|, TOTAI : HEI.SOTITH HEEI-EASI 2.5 3.4 1.7 21.7 42.8 70.o L.7 [04At 2.5 lrT 7.4 21.3 42.8 71..7 SOIITH OF PROGRI.I.,IIID TRE/, - -6- ILIGHI HOURS ALIGUST 1977 Tab1e 2 AINCIIIET BASE LARV PROS? AIIIII.I TOT.c-t c-EDUZ C-I'E|S0 C-GPIIN c-cQLtc C-FIGI c-G0Dz C-GOM C-GOEE BOBO BCBO BO30 BOBO T.T.TL\trE T,1i.t'JE uJ,f.llD r,u,{.''trE 92.9 75.8 LO+.7 106.4 90.1 ].O7,7 rg.7 24.O 24.2 92.g 75.8 L04.7 18.7 106.4 90.1 to1.7 48.2 640.5 76.8 54.O 110.8 T0T.ll HETICOPTER 573.6 42.7 24.2 C-GXrJ C-GXII., C-GXIK [,11,t[lE BOBO BOBO 68.7 +9.6 LIB.' 8.1 4.+ TO|IJI, FI]GD-VTNG l-2.5 @ rq rn Or a|-lsf r-l r{ t\o rc\ NH &o Fl N a @t(\ -laN r{d € oH {) a o) o E(t t{ ho o F{p.l C{ o € 5 o a o Fr o P c c, EP d o FP to H 'r{B 6 c) x .d trt C3 q) ${(d 0) E E(d t{ a0 o t{pl o d .r{ Q+ 5 o g) F{5 o F{ o + P{ o o .rl -lo .q r{ Cd € oH {i ^ql+roQFO)vEvo EOEEdt3 f{(dq0froA0 F{op{f{Acr oq{os +, {:O5a oaa f{@5t{oa.( o .qg oP ..1H€oc)EoPA cJ(noot{ fr €& kf{Oo)P{JAAoooo .r{ ..{ r{ r{oo) H oHH1fr E{a H H =A aoH el() trlp{ U)oE P{ H\'otr{J ..1p{= oo4 .r{ O -lXO .r{Sq{ rl rc\ll @llrll .ll oil oll +lt r.\lt \O ll .{ ll lr lt il It il @ a tr\ rl !r\ o o\ N st' o\ aa N HHH F{ H H H H H -la @ @ o !a+ l-l Lr\ .+ -l H h H ,q H ol a + o] I .t t'l HHH r{ H o t \o + .+ HHH FI HHH H H @ a @ N o + c.J I t o tlr\ F HH H O'l a coo -l t4 H H H HH H Ol r{ -lN -lI co @ o a tr- tc\ tr- t rr ta\(5 HAH C)H c H rl o+ -l C1 o rq tc\ 15 zHFl tr{ H trla s Ar HH H #I trta * p{ 'rm aHDo * er <5 HH trt I I I t I I Har:sison 0 rDoru:e11 Grenier Riley Prless Hairslne Kamphuis Fairi-s Koiter cilL i.Ielean By&Lo 51.5 87.L 60.5 75,,9 54.O 4.9 110.5 82.6 17.O 75.8 63.7 71.2 Tabl-e 4 labLe 5, -3Ir0a EtIGIfl HOURiJ VCU ILIGTM IIOURS le Berre cllff l[a1sh Davies Siaaga 0rain Henderieloc I,i-on Pangal-et 4,4 39.6 o 0 1.5 5.8 0 77.o 51.0 -9- L/JiDIIIGS .,^:.UGUST 1977 Table 6 PIL"SE I UPPER VCIT.I Banfora Ea.tt-e Bobo Da6oidougou Di6bougou Folonzo lanrri6ra Nouna M.lII Kona KoutiaLa Kuoro Irouloun1 Sllcasso IVORY COTSI ) 61 3 Bouakd Bouna Bondoukou Dabalcala. Ferkessedougou- KafoIo Kakpin Korhogo 0uan6o teheni Tortiya 'It-moe GiL:Ni' Ba.nbol 3o16 15 I B 4 7 4 7 ; 5_ 67 6 1 6 _:- 80 + 3 5 6_ LB 1 1 TOT-^-IPIITiSEI =156 l,.il,I Bamako Bougourd Beleko DloiIa Kangar6 Kolondieba Kankel-a Ilarkala I,,!anankoro II I Plela Madina-Diassa- Pont Douna Peakou-:rou Yarfolila MRI COi:SI Boundiali Djirila I\{adlna.ni Cdterne ?apara !Tal:i-16 Bocanda - Borotou Biaakouma l,[an l{orondo Mankono Seguela fouba Vialadougou SOUTH OF PRCGIUJ/IT..II) i.RE.! 10 11 5 5 2 2 5 2 5 1 48 9 7 4 LI L ,;- 2 5 B 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 28 ToTi-t SOIJTH 0F PROGR'-I0,[E i,REl.=28 TOT/J PTIASE TII - lflIIST = 78 PIL^^SE TII . 1MST tPHASE II GHAIIA Bolga Dogondak6 Ganba6a [[otlgu Nakong Saboba Nrnabupl Bralugn Sabong:lda Sarnnl g [111 Wlasi Yend.1 PHASE IIT . Ei:ST - TOGO Aleh6ride 4 Bassari 4 Bagan 6 Dapaon 3 Iama Kara 57 Natchitlpl - 7 Naboulgou 3 Sansalne 7 13 NIGER -10 - IAIIDINGS - NUGUST ].977 TOIAI PEASE II 98 BElttIN UPItrR VOlT.ir Dalcaye Garango L[anga Oraga Zabrd Bi:rti Batj.a Djougou Natitingou Porga Kandi Arli Diapaga Fada NrGourna- Pama Table 6 7 I 4 5 2 2 2 1 4 -3L 6 7 - _l_ 75 L 6 2 11 7 21 4 L 7 2 ,9 10 UPIER VOIT,I 7 2 4 2l B 2 2 21 T_( au B a Niamey Chief of Aerial Operations l.rc ; .t ol\rL I ( c.f- cr\ r{ +) (,1 5 Fn D <,: 'clg G) 13 q() I) cdq) lr +) (n F{ OJ ..1 Ei -^/-+ 't,.,'I 'i.i \ .-; I : -t\i, Y Id-o o{ ! .t6 , 4- /U\ 2 \)I f ra'I ,l \ I t I I cI tf; , r? i2 t.- j .. o Ij'r ( I" 2t--- .: l> I -:- I t J, J) '-- '| /t I .,i ^{ .' ,' :J{: a, i: / :{ I /t 2l -;J.' \ ( ,f \ oI. { i.t t ,til\ t\\\ t.(. l) l- I I .,./ t_o2f1 : 1II { ,l I ':a I ( lq--':r"- ) i\., 6 a zI o - 2 f f = !, z f I :o = ((n ? ot 3 t -t ) (- I I E ,:' ,) IA\redI t h- I _(\ .o a