Healthy Homes for Elders: Multi-trigger, Multi-component Environmental Interventions for Asthma

As part of the breakout session panel discussion entitled UMass Lowell Gerontology Community-Engaged Research Panel, Dr. Turcotte discusses his intervention study of environmental asthma triggers for asthmatic older adults in Lowell, Mass

Large-Scale Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Helminth Infection in Western Pacific Countries: Six Years Later

In 2001, Urbani and Palmer published a review of the epidemiological situation of helminthiases in the countries of the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization indicating the control needs in the region. Six years after this inspiring article, large-scale preventive chemotherapy for the control of helminthiasis has scaled up dramatically in the region. This paper analyzes the most recent published and unpublished country information on large-scale preventive chemotherapy and summarizes the progress made since 2000. Almost 39 million treatments were provided in 2006 in the region for the control of helminthiasis: nearly 14 million for the control of lymphatic filariasis, more than 22 million for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and over 2 million for the control of schistosomiasis. In general, control of these helminthiases is progressing well in the Mekong countries and Pacific Islands. In China, despite harboring the majority of the helminth infections of the region, the control activities have not reached the level of coverage of countries with much more limited financial resources. The control of food-borne trematodes is still limited, but pilot activities have been initiated in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Vietnam

Foot-and-mouth disease:overview of motives of disease spread and efficacy of available vaccines

Control and prevention of foot and mouth disease (FMD) by vaccination remains unsatisfactory in endemic countries. Indeed, consistent and new FMD epidemics in previously disease-free countries have precipitated the need for a worldwide control strategy. Outbreaks in vaccinated animals require that a new and safe vaccine be developed against foot and mouth virus (FMDV). FMDV can be eradicated worldwide based on previous scientific information about its spread using existing and modern control strategies

A River Runs Through Us

mouth to mouth presents a short interactive performance that utilises and reveals their unique methods for communication as global storytellers. The performance serves as a provocation for a wider discussion with members of the company both live and virtual

By Your Side

A tale of imagined and real destinations, take a peek into the landscape of your daydreams, if only for a glimpse of what is yet unknown. An intimate site-responsive performance combining music, storytelling and installation

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