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Item Abordaje ecosistémico para la prevención y el control del vector del dengue en Uruguay y Argentina : informe del taller(Centro Cooperavista Uruguayo, Montevideo, UY, 2004) Centro Cooperativista UruguayoItem Actes de la conférence : Intégration des quartiers spontanés dans l'urbanisation et les technologies alternatives d'assainissement et d'accès à l'eau potable; Yaoundé, 23, 24 et 25 Février 2010(ENSP - Yaoundé, Yaoundé, CM, 2010) Foudjet, Amos; Ngnikam, EmmanuelItem Agua y su problemática integrada : el caso del municipio de Junín, PCIA. de Buenos Aires(Centro de Estudios Ambientales, Buenos Aires, AR, 2001) Centro de Estudios Ambientales; Secretariado de Manejo del Medio Ambiente para América Latina y el CaribeItem AMESH : a new approach to environmental health(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2000) Shore, K.The article provides a glimpse into work done by researchers in the field of ecohealth. The Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH) helps development researchers cope with complexity. AMESH builds on a wide range of practice and theory borrowed from systems theory, ecosystem management, health, development, and participatory action research. Rather than relying on a fixed, linear checklist, the methodology employs a set of branched and nested questions. Researcher David Waltner-Toews of the University of Guelph is the focus of this article and the approach to environmental health.Item AMESH : une nouvelle approche de la santé environnementale(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2000)Item Arroyo Malvín para la ciudad ... : proyecto "Generación de un sistema de información geográfica y propuesta de gestión territorial para la cuenca del Arroyo Malvín"(Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UY, 2000) Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias; González Gervasio, Alvaro; Céspedes, Carlos; Fernández, Gabriela; Fernández, Virginia; Resnichenko, YuriItem Assistance in synthesis and documentation of health, environment and development outcomes in urban eco-health project, Katmandu : report(2009) Raj Regmi, BimalThe National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Centre (NZFHRC) in Kathmandu implemented an Urban Ecosystem and Health Project that influenced policies resulting specifically in a new Animal Slaughtering and Meat Inspection Act, modification of the Nepal Food Act, modification of the Garbage Disposal Act, revisions to the Kathmandu Valley Housing Plan, and revisions to the Nepal Drinking Water and Sewerage Plan. This workshop assisted researchers in mapping project outcomes, preparing project reports, technical reports and documents for dissemination. Community-led actions as a result of the project included waste management, drainage systems and slaughterhouses improvement; hygiene promotion, protection of water sources; and protection of public spaces.Item Assistance in synthesis and documentation of health, environment and development outcomes in urban ecohealth project, Katmandu : a brief workshop report(2009) Raj Regmi, BimalThe workshop helped document the outcomes of a project which successfully influenced different policies in Nepal, and city programs of Kathmandu, resulting in a new Animal Slaughtering and Meat Inspection Act, modification of the Nepal Food Act, modification of the Garbage Disposal Act, revisions to the Kathmandu Valley Housing Plan, and revisions to the Nepal Drinking Water and Sewerage Plan. Local projects were implemented to facilitate the application of new regulations and practices; community-led actions included proper management of household and commercial waste, improvement of drainage systems and slaughterhouses; hygiene promotion, protection of water sources; and preservation and protection of public spaces.Item Bilan lipidique chez une population rurale de la région de Settat, Maroc(Éditions Lilas, MA, 2007) Azzouzi, El MostaphaItem Bioensayos como herramienta de evaluación de la toxicidad de los efluentes industriales en Uruguay : informe final(Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay, Montevideo, UY, 2002) Laboratorio de Tecnológico del Uruguay; Uruguay. Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente; Castro Scarone, S.; Espínola Moltedo, J.C.; Míguez Caramés, D.; Viana Matturro, F.Item Campaña de concientización de la población rosarina acerca de su compromiso con el reordenamiento y sistematización de la recolección de residuos domiciliarios : informe técnico final(Consejo Ambiental de la Ciudad de Rosario, Rosario, CA, 1999) Consejo Ambiental de la Cuidad de Rosario; Geary, M.; Echaide, E.; Banchio de Tombolini, N.; Guisasola, M.; Perona, N.Item Community based water quality monitoring and drinking water management manual(National Zoonoses and Food hygiene Research, Kathmandu, NP, 2004) Maharjan, M.; Datt Joshi, D.; Sánchez, A.; Dutka, B.; Karki, M.Item Comparative spatial dynamics of Japanese encephalitis and acute encephalitis syndrome in Nepal(PLOS, 2013-07) Robertson, Colin; Pant, Dhan Kumar; Joshi, Durga Datt; Sharma, Minu; Dahal, Meena; Stephen, CraigGeographical patterns can provide important clues about disease etiology. Infectious diseases, such as Japanese Encephalitis (JE), are driven by ecological and social processes which result in heterogeneous distribution of disease risk. Pattern indices describing the amount of irrigated land edge density and the degree of landscape mixing for irrigated areas were positively associated with (JE) and acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) risk, while fragmented forest measured by the number of forest patches were negatively associated with AES and JE. These landscape variables highlight the importance of integrating healthy land management policies and disease prevention strategies in both rural and urban-fringe developing areas.Item Controlando la polución del aire en ciudad de México(CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2003) Hibler, M.Item Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya(Springer, 2012-07) Kang’ethe, Erastus K.; Mulinge, Erastus K.; Skilton, Robert A.; Njahira, Moses; Monda, Joseph G.A total of 1,734 cattle faecal samples from 296 dairy-keeping households were collected from urban settings in Nairobi, Kenya. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining method and an immunofluorescence assay were used to identify those samples with Cryptosporidium oocyst infection. Oocysts from positive faecal samples were isolated by Sheather's sucrose flotation method and picked from the concentrate using cover slips. Genomic DNA was extracted from 124 of the faecal samples that were positive for Cryptosporidium and was used as template for nested PCR of the 18S rRNA gene. Twentyfive samples (20 %) were PCR-positive for Cryptosporidium, and 24 of the PCR products were successfully cloned and sequenced. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis identified 17 samples (68 %) as Cryptosporidium parvum-like, four samples (16 %) as Cryptosporidium ryanae, three samples (12 %) as Cryptosporidium andersoni and one sample (4 %) as Cryptosporidium hominis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first genotyping study to report C. parvum-like, C. andersoni and C. hominis in cattle from Kenya. The results of this study show Cryptosporidium infections in calves and cattle may be potential zoonotic reservoirs of the parasite that infects humans.Item D'un soleil à l'autre : entrevue avec Laamari Abdelali, 26 mai 2003(Radio-Canada, Montréal, QC, CA, 2003) Abdelali, Laamari; Prévost, R.Entrevue avec le chercheur Laamari Abdelali, ingénieur à l'Institut national de recherche agronomique de Rabat au Maroc, chargé d'un projet de recherche sur l'impact de l'utilisation des eaux usées en agriculture que finance le CRDIItem Demographic family health survey in ward 19 and 20 of Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC)(National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre, Kathmandu, NP, 2005) National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre; Joshi, Durga Datt; Sharma, Minu; Gurung, C.K.Item Development and delivery of evidence-based messages to reduce the risk of zoonoses in Nairobi, Kenya(Springer, 2012-08) Kang’ethe, Erastus; Kimani, Violet; Grace, Delia; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, BrigidThis paper describes a trans-disciplinary process of co-generating and disseminating evidence-based messages for reducing the risk from cryptosporidiosis and other zoonoses in an urban community in Nairobi. Research findings about disease prevalence, risk factors and observed risky and risk-mitigating practices were analysed by a team comprising researchers, community members and local policy- and decision-makers. Using participatory planning, multiple strategies were developed for disseminating key information. We identified five vulnerable groups at higher risk of exposure to cryptosporidiosis and other cattle zoonoses with similar transmission pathways (women, children, elderly people, immunosuppressed people and male farm workers). For each group, targeted messages were developed. Good practices already in use, as were also practices as practices to improve environmental conditions. These messages were disseminated through printed material, in a workshop, through community campaigners and also an edutainment soap opera episode broadcast on Kenyan television. In conclusion, a participatory and trans-disciplinary process can help transform the findings of research into messages that are targeted, attractive and understandable.Item Diagrammatic approach to understanding complex eco-social interactions in Kathmandu, Nepal(Resilience Alliance, 2005) Neudoerffer, R. Cynthia; Waltner-Toews, David; Kay, James J.; Joshi, D. D.; Tamang, Mukta S.As part of developing an international network of community-based ecosystem approaches to health, a project was undertaken in a densely populated and socio-economically diverse area of Kathmandu, Nepal. Drawing on hundreds of pages of narrative reports based on surveys, interviews, secondary data, and focus groups by trained Nepalese facilitators, the authors created systemic depictions of relationships between multiple stakeholder groups, ecosystem health, and human health. These were then combined to examine interactions among stakeholders, activities, concerns, perceived needs, and resource states (ecosystem health indicators). These qualitative models have provided useful heuristics for both community members and research scholars to understand the eco-social systems in which they live; many of the strategies developed by the communities and researchers to improve health intuitively drew on this systemic understanding. The diagrams enabled researchers and community participants to explicitly examine relationships and conflicts related to health and environmental issues in their community.Item EcoHealth : a primer(Veterinarians without Borders/ Vétérinaires sans Frontières, CA, 2011) Waltner-Toews, DavidThe primer is an introduction to key ideas and practices in an “ecosystem approach to health” or ecohealth. The major tools for doing ecohealth are questions rather than techniques per se (see chapter 5). The techniques for how those questions are asked will vary from situation to situation, from geospatial mapping to interviews, from workshops to mathematical modeling. The combination of stakeholder participation – which necessarily leads to multiple perspectives on reality, and systems thinking – which necessarily leads to questions of relationships, boundaries and responsibilities, takes us to the core of the ecohealth approach, which is complexity.