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1 Gunawardena, D. M.; Muthuwatta, L; Weerasingha, S.; Rajakaruna, J.; Udaya Kumara, W.; Senanayaka, T.; Kotta, P. K.; Wickremasinghe, A. R.; Carter, R.; Mendis, K. N. 1995. Spatial analysis of malaria risk in an endemic region of Sri Lanka. In de Savigny, D.; Wijeyaratne, P. (Eds.), GIS for health and the environment: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5-10 September 1994. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. pp.99-108.
Malaria ; Public health ; Waterborne diseases ; GIS ; Mapping ; Living conditions / Sri Lanka / Kataragama
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 006 G000 DES Record No: H017480)
2 Gunawardena, D. M.. 2001. Development of an epidemic forecasting system for malaria in Sri Lanka by monitoring remotely sensed soil moisture data. In Klinkenberg, E. (Ed.), Malaria risk mapping in Sri Lanka: Implications for its use in control - Proceedings of a workshop held at the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, 25 May 2001. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.35-40. (IWMI Working Paper 29)
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Public health ; Forecasting ; Control methods ; Monitoring ; Remote sensing ; Soil moisture / Sri Lanka / Moneragala District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G744 KLI Record No: H029055)
3 Wickremasinghe, A. R.; Gunawardena, D. M.; Mahawithanage, S. T. C. 2002. Use of routinely collected past surveillance data in identifying and mapping high-risk areas in a malaria endemic area of Sri Lanka. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 33(4):678-684.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H032247)
4 Klinkenberg, E.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Jayasinghe, G.; Mutuwatte, L.; Gunawardena, D. M.. 2003. Malaria and land use: a spatial and temporal risk analysis in Southern Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 54p. (IWMI Research Report 068) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.073]
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Land use ; Water use ; GIS ; Statistical analysis ; Risks ; Mapping ; Public health / Sri Lanka / Uda Walawe / Thanamalvila / Embilipitiya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G744 KLI Record No: H032713)
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The transmission of malaria in Sri Lanka is unstable; its incidence greatly fluctuates from year to year and exhibits important variations within a year. Identification of the underlying risk factors of malaria is important to target the limited resources for the most-effective control of the disease. This report presents the first results of a project on malaria risk mapping to investigate whether this tool could be utilized to forecast malaria epidemics. It documents the key malaria risk factors for the Uda Walawe region of Sri Lanka, where monthly malaria incidence data were available over a 10-year period. In the study, data on aggregate malaria-incidence rates, land-use and water-use patterns, socioeconomic features and malaria-control interventions were collected and analyzed in a geographical information system. Malaria cases were mapped at the smallest administrative level and relative risks for different variables were calculated employing multivariate analyses. The findings of the study call for malaria-control strategies that are readily adapted to different ecological and epidemiological settings.
5 Briet, O. J. T.; Gunawardena, D. M.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 2003. Sri Lanka malaria maps. Malaria Journal, 2:22-32.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G000 BRI Record No: H033887)
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