01798nam a22002657a 4500 PH-MaWHO 20260210102044.0 260209b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9241561068 WPRO Library eng UB.AW 1987 Tropical disease research : a global partnership, eighth programme report : the first ten years, with highlights of the 1985-86 biennium 1987 Geneva : World Health Organization, 191 pages The book opens with information on the frequency, causes and impediments to control of the six groups of major tropical diseases within TDR's mandate: malaria, schistosomiasis, river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, African sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease, the leishmaniases and leprosy. This is followed by an overview of advances in research that have contributed to the development of vaccines, drugs, diagnostic tests and other disease control tools. An account is given of the diversity of approaches exploited by researchers working within the TDR network, high-lighting their activities during the 1985-1986 biennium. Other chapters review research on the biological control of vectors and discuss the contribution of research on epidemiology and on the social and economic aspects of tropical diseases to the application of disease control tools. Tropical medicine Research 646482 Maurice, John editor 675927 Pearce, Anna Marina. editor 675928 World Health Organization 645800 United Nations Development Programme 644585 World Bank 644960 https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/36975 MONO 2017 retain Mark 01-05-2018 14:47:19 nml 2572 2572 0 0 nml 0 0 WHO WPRO WPRO 2ndFlrLib 1 2 UB.AW 1987 WPR001571 2026-05-27 10:30:18 2026-02-10 2021-05-23 MONO