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Common types of insecticides
Insecticides are of chemical and biological origins and are used in agriculture, forestry, gardens, homes, and offices. They are also used to control vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks, that are involved in spreading human and animal diseases
Training course on quality assurance in malaria diagnosis
The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WPRO / WHO) organized a training course on quality assurance in testing for malaria parasites from 15th to 25th October 2018 at the Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology in Quy Nhon.
Training on malaria control communication
To implement the operation plan for 2019, the Project "Regional Initiative to Prevent and Eliminate Artemisinin Drug Resistance in the period of 2018-2020" (RAI2E) held the Training course on malaria control communication on 23th May 2019 in Hanoi.
United State Embassy’s representative work with the Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology in HCM City
On May 29th, 2019, the representative of the Embassy of the United States was headed by Jeffery A. Stone, a medical attaché visited the Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology in HCM City
Several other medical arthropods in southern of Vietnam (Ticks, chigger mites, and gamasid mites)
Study on medical arthropod is limited in Vietnam, some investigations have shown that medically important arthropods include ticks, chigger mites, gamasid mites and fleas which are relatively common in many regions of Vietnam. The Institute of Malariology - Parasitology - Entomology in Ho Chi Minh City conducted surveys to identify species composition and distribution of several medical arthropods in southern Vietnam and assessing for the presence of pathogens for humans and animals.
Dengue fever vectors in the southern of Vietnam
The dengue (DF)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are mosquito-borne diseases known to occur in the whole country.
The disease was reported in the northern provinces of Ha Noi and Hai Phong since 1959, then the disease has become widely spread throughout Vietnam. And in recent years the disease has had a great impact on South Vietnam, where the geographical distributions of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus overlap, where simultaneously DF/DHF, as well as malaria is presenting.
Malaria vectors in southern of Vietnam
During the 20th century and the early years of the 21st century, malaria is a major public health problem in Vietnam, malaria was circulating in all regions, provinces, and cities in the country.
Space spraying techniques
Space spraying is the dispersal of a liquid fog of insecticide into an area to kill adult insects. It has been regularly used in public health and pest control programmes, including use as an emergency response to malaria epidemics.