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Target Zero: Why States Choose To Eradicate Infectious Diseases And How They Succeed, Gifty Abraham
Target Zero: Why States Choose To Eradicate Infectious Diseases And How They Succeed, Gifty Abraham
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Realism has remained the dominant paradigm within international relations for most of the modern era, emphasizing the competitive nature of the international arena and the unlikeliness of states to within it to cooperate. The attempts and further still, successes, by states to eradicate infectious diseases--which remain among the most cooperative enterprises--present a number of challenges to realism's assumptions, particularly with respect to the unlikely world historical-times during which the eradication campaigns took place. As such, a two-part puzzle arises. First, why would states, which are natural competitors, cooperate to eradicate infectious diseases given structural and situational incentives not to do …
Cost Effective Malaria Risk Control Using Remote Sensing And Environmental Data, Md Zahidur Rahman, Leonid Roytman, Abdel Hamid Kadik
Cost Effective Malaria Risk Control Using Remote Sensing And Environmental Data, Md Zahidur Rahman, Leonid Roytman, Abdel Hamid Kadik
Publications and Research
Malaria transmission in many part of the world specifically in Bangladesh and southern African countries is unstable and epidemic. An estimate of over a million cases is reported annually. Malaria is heterogeneous, potentially due to variations in ecological settings, socio-economic status, land cover, and agricultural practices. Malaria control only relies on treatment and supply of bed networks. Drug resistance to these diseases is widespread. Vector control is minimal. Malaria control in those countries faces many formidable challenges such as inadequate accessibility to effective treatment, lack of trained manpower, inaccessibility of endemic areas, poverty, lack of education, poor health infrastructure and …
Mercury Exposure And Malaria Prevalence Among Gold Miners In Pará, Brazil, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Denis Nash, Circey Trevant, G. Thomas Strickland, Jose Maria De Souza, Rui S.U. Da Silva
Mercury Exposure And Malaria Prevalence Among Gold Miners In Pará, Brazil, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Denis Nash, Circey Trevant, G. Thomas Strickland, Jose Maria De Souza, Rui S.U. Da Silva
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