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Integrated Vector Management (IVM)
Vector control is well suited for integrated approaches because some vectors are responsible for multiple diseases, and some interventions are effective against several vectors. The concept of IVM was developed as a result of lessons learned from integrated pest management, which is used in the agricultural sector; IVM aims to optimize and rationalize the use of resources and tools for vector control. This resource page links to WHO materials on IVM and to PAHO materials on vector-borne diseases (VBDs).
ivm.htm

Surveillance

Featured Surveillance Items

RAVREDA-AMI: Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance / Amazon Malaria Initiative
In October 2001, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded PAHO a grant for a program of joint activities in the Amazon subregion. This page describes the project and provides links to project documentation.
ravreda-ami.htm

Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)
From more than 1.1 million cases reported in 2000, the Region lowered malaria morbidity to approximately 900,000 in 2006 or a decrease of 20%. These three Excel PDF table and charts illustrate the current status of malaria in the 21 endemic countries of the Americas in comparison with baseline figures in 2000 and targets for 2010 and 2015. The overall decrease in 15 countries and increase in 6 were monitored in the context of strengthened health surveillance systems.
mal-morbidity-americas-2006.pdf

Annual Malaria Cases and Deaths in the Americas, 1998-2006
This 46-slide PowerPoint presentation with Excel charts graphically presents the morbidity and mortality trends on malaria in the Region and in its 21 endemic countries. Based on the 2006 reports from countries, total malaria cases in the Americas have decreased by 20% between the years 2000 and 2006. During the same time period, 4 countries had a reduction of >75%, 4 with >50 to <75% decrease, and 7 others with <50% reduction. However, 6 nations in the Region continue to have increases in their annual number of malaria cases. The regional reduction in malaria mortality has decreased by nearly 70%. Eighteen member PAHO member states continue to be malaria free.
mal-cases-deaths-1998-2006.pdf

Situation Reports

Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas

Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

World Malaria Report 2005

Status of Malaria in the Americas, 2004: A Series of Data Tables

Annual Status Reports

CSP27/9-- Malaria in the Americas: Progress Report

Incidence/Mortality/Case Fatality

Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)

Annual Malaria Cases and Deaths in the Americas, 1998-2006

2006 Malaria in the Americas Data Tables (data from 2004 onwards)

The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases

Materials, Toolkits and Forms

Instrument and Exercise for in vivo Antimalarial Drug-Efficacy Studies (WHO, 2004)

Guidelines and Manuals

Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying: Application of Residual Sprays for Vector Control (3rd ed.)

Strategic Orientation Paper on Prevention and Control of Malaria for National and International Programme Officers Involved in Malaria Control at Country Level (1st ed.)

Safety of Pyrethroids for Public Health Use

Global Insecticide Use for Vector-Borne Disease Control (2^nd ed.)

Resistance Surveillance

RAVREDA-AMI: Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance / Amazon Malaria Initiative

CSP27.R11: Malaria in the Americas

RAVREDA-AMI Newsletter

V^th Meeting of the Surveillance Network for Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Amazon Countries

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Malaria: Epidemiological Map by Risk Levels for Eight Countries of the Rainforest Region of South America

Health Profiles and Data

The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases

Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

Country Profiles

Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)

Annual Malaria Cases and Deaths in the Americas, 1998-2006

2006 Malaria in the Americas Data Tables (data from 2004 onwards)

Malaria in the Countries and Region of the Americas:Time Series Epidemiological Data, 1998–2004