Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/2019. The objectives of the guidelines in this 161-page document are to provide evidence-based recommendations on the appropriate choice(s) of vector control options for malaria prevention and control; to inform and guide technical decisions on the effective implementation of each of the vector control options currently available for malaria prevention and control; and to support the development by World Health Organization Member States of evidence-based national malaria vector control policies and strategies. (PDF)

Food Safety: Climate Change and the Role of WHO (World Health Organization)

01/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2019. Climate change is likely to have considerable impacts on food safety, both direct and indirect, placing public health at risk. This seven-page publication summarizes the likely consequences on food safety from climate change, with impacts that will affect the persistence and occurrence of bacteria, viruses, parasites, harmful algae, fungi and their vectors, and the patterns of their corresponding food-borne diseases and risk of toxic contamination. (PDF)