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PGDME syllabus - Paper VIII
Paper VIII Integrated Methods of Vector Management
Unit I : IVM approaches, importance and advantages: Fundamentals of IVM -
Appropriate methods in vector management - Criteria for vector control options
Unit II :Eco-environmental Systems: Food chain / Web – Prey and Predator
interactions - Principles of an eco-epidemiological approach to address multiple vector borne diseases - Water Management
Unit III:
Agriculture and Public Health Practices: Water, Fertilizers, Pesticides
effects on insects - Integration of IPM and IVM – Regulation and Policy
related to vector control – Environmental & health Impact Assessment –
Implementation of IVM Strategy
Unit IV: Community participation: Community participation in vector
management - Community empowerment – sustenance of participation –
Inter-sectoral collaboration
Unit V: Information, Education and Communication: KAP assessment –
Communication strategies such as communication for behavioral impact
(COMBI)/ behavioral change and communication (BCC)
Practicals:
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Field visits: Urban, Rural
Transect walk – Epidemiological investigations
- Food chain / web – construction
- Developing IVM strategy – in a given situation
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