This paper is a review of the meeting "Sleeping Sickness Rediscovered". The meeting focussed on human sleeping sickness, which, despite improvements in diagnosis and control has returned with a vengeance across central Africa. Topics of discussion include control activities; control tools; resear...
The authors evaluate the impact of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and control of the disease in the Philippines using cost-benefit analysis. A scenario in which FMD control is maintained at recent levels with continued presence of the disease is compared to scenarios in which a publicly funded prog...
Randolph, Thomas F.
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Perry, Brian D.
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Benigno, C.C.
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Santos , I.J.
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Agbayani, A.L.
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Coleman, P.
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Webb, R.
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Gleeson, L.J.
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[The economic impact of foot and mouth disease control and eradication in the Philippines]
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The economic impact of foot and mouth disease control and eradication in the Philippines
A framework for the impact assessment of disease control strategies for Newcastle disease (ND) is discussed. This includes linking epidemiological and economic data to predict the relative impact of different control interventions at different levels from farm to region. Epidemiological transmis...
McDermott, John J.
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Coleman, P.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Methods for assessing the impact of infectious diseases of livestock - their role in improving the control of Newcastle disease in Southern Africa]
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Methods for assessing the impact of infectious diseases of livestock - their role in improving the control of Newcastle disease in Southern Africa