Abomo, Pierre, Miaka, E M, Crossman, Susie and Hope, Andrew (2021) 'Demonstrating the sustainability of capacity strengthening amidst COVID-19'. International Health, Vol 13, Issue 5, pp. 480-481.
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Abstract
The global disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis posed a threat to the momentum the vector control team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Programme National de Lutte contre la Tryaponosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA) had built in their efforts to control tsetse fly populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But despite the pandemic and global lockdown, field activities did continue and the same impressive results in tsetse fly reduction were observed and the team followed this by completing a round of ‘tiny target’ deployment without any external presence. Such a success was possible due to the investment in vector control capacity strengthening undertaken by the LSTM and PNLTHA.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | QX Parasitology > QX 4 General works QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 505 Diptera WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 505 Viral respiratory tract infections WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 705 Trypanosomiasis |
Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab004 |
Depositing User: | Mel Finley |
Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2021 09:37 |
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2021 09:37 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/17004 |
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