Reducing vector-borne disease by empowering farmers in integrated vector management

PROBLEM: Irrigated agriculture exposes rural people to health risks associated with vector-borne diseases and pesticides used in agriculture and for public health protection. Most developing countries lack collaboration between the agricultural and health sectors to jointly address these problems. A...

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Main Authors: Henk van den Berg, Alexander von Hildebrand, Vaithilingam Ragunathan, Pradeep K Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2007-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000700015&lng=en&tlng=en