Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.): Topic K: Rural settlements: K.2 Forest workers camp, South East Asia

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Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.)

Topic K: Rural settlements

		List of slides
		K.1 Overnight forest shelter, South East Asia
		K.2 Forest workers camp, South East Asia
		K.3 Forest family dwelling, Philippines
		K.4 Lahu village, Thailand
		K.5 Typical rice growing settlement, tropical lowlands of Bolivia
		K.6 Typical rice growing settlement, tropical lowlands of Bolivia
		K.7 Village scene, Myanmar
		K.8 Village scene, Myanmar
		K.9 Village ecology, rice growing area, Tamil Nadu, India
		K.10 Village scene, Egypt
		K.11 Displaced rural people in an urban slum, India
		K.12 Integrated rural settlement development, Nepal
		K.13 Use of impregnated mosquito nets in the Gambia

K.2 Forest workers camp, South East Asia

Slide K.2 Forest workers camp, South East Asia

The highly efficient malaria vectors in the forests of South East Asia, belonging to me Anopheles dirus complex, keep the transmission cycle going among forest workers, hunters and others who stay overnight in the jungle. Conventional chemical control methods (spraying house walls with residual insecticides) serve no purpose in the makeshift shelters as shown on slide K.1. Similar conditions prevail in the Amazon region of Brazil. In more permanent camps (slide K.2) chemical control can be used for endophilic vector species and the use of impregnated mosquito nets should be promoted for personal protection.