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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Braukus, M ; Khanna, R
Braukus, M ; Khanna, R Less -
Description:
Health officials and disease control experts met November 28-30 in Baltimore, Maryland, for a symposium on the use of satellites to monitor and control insect-transmitted diseases.

Sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Third World Foundation of North America, the symposium was held to inform government officials from various countries of NASA’s scientific and technologic capabilities for detecting, monitoring, and improving the control of diseases. Health ministers and medical directors from more than 20 countries, including Bangladesh, Belize, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru, and Rwanda, attended.


Subject:
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Congresses As Topic
Environmental Monitoring
Insecta
Insect Vectors
Remote Sensing Technology

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 2(1):74.
Document Type:
News
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:ca19677e1c16138b9602a82842464e7126b154696f591c92116cb7247a0c4e2f
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