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close this bookPublic Health Technician (MSF, 1994, 192 p.)
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close this folder1. Water in camps of Displaced people
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View the documentA. Needs
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close this folderII - Sanitation
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View the documentA. Excreta disposal
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close this folderIII - Vector control
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View the documentA. Introduction
View the documentB. The principal vectors: biology and control methods
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View the documentIV - GIossary, conversion tables and estimations
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This chapter is an introduction to vector control. It presents some methods of chemical control of the principle disease vectors. It should always be born in mind that a large-scale control programme necessarily demands specialist skills.