http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/35552 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:17 GMT 2013-05-18T11:22:17Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50927 Title: Knowledge and practices of pig farmers regarding Japanese encephalitis in Kathmandu, Nepal Authors: Dhakal, S.; Stephen, C.; Ale, A.; Joshi, D.D. Abstract: Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the single largest cause of viral encephalitis in the world and has been endemic in Nepal since the early 1980s. Since then, it has spread from its origins in lowland plains to the Kathmandu Valley as well as in hill and mountain districts. Pigs are amplifying hosts for the virus. The Nepal government has been encouraging the development of pig farming as a means of poverty alleviation. Whereas other countries have reduced JE through vaccination programmes and improvements in pig husbandry, these options are not economically possible in Nepal. The objective of this study was to examine the occupational risk of pig farmers in Nepal and to determine their level of knowledge and practice of JE prevention techniques. We surveyed 100 randomly selected pig farmers in the Kathmandu District and found that pig farmers were exposed to many JE risk factors including poverty and close proximity to pigs, rice paddy fields and water birds, which are the definitive hosts for the virus. Forty-two percent of the farmers had heard of JE, 20% associated it with mosquito bites and 7% named pigs as risk factors. Few protective measures were taken. None of the farmers were vaccinated against JE nor were any pigs, despite an ongoing human vaccination campaign. This farming community had little ownership of land and limited education. JE education programmes must consider gender differences in access to public health information as there were an equal number of male and female farmers. We provide findings that can inform future JE education programmes for this vulnerable population. Description: Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22587420 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50927 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50838 Title: Vietnam one health – ecohealth alliance newsletter, issue no. 1, January 2013 Authors: Hanoi School of Public Health. Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER) Description: Also available at: http://cenpher.hsph.edu.vn/english/sites/cenpher.hsph.edu.vn.english/files/ban%20tin.pdf Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50838 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50717 Title: Healthy food for the picking kitchens and wild plants could be key to Lebanon's food security Authors: Boothroyd, James Description: 1st interim report, appendix 16; Full issue available at: http://www.aucc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/uniworld-march-2010.pdf Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50717 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50687 Title: « Climat, environnement et maladies à transmission vectorielle : Cas de la Leishmaniose Cutanée Zoonotique (LCZ) dans la région de Sidi Bouzid » Tunisie » Mémoire d’agrégation en Géographie Authors: Hamida, Amal Ben Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50687 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50686 Title: « Enquêtes entomologiques dans un foyer de Leishmaniose cutanée zoonotique du centre tunisien » Projet de fin d’études en vue de l’obtention de la Licence appliquée en Protection de l’environnement dans la spécialité «Environnement et sécuritaire» Authors: Fourati, Emna Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50686 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z