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1 Mutero, Clifford; Amerasinghe, Felix; Boelee, Eline; Konradsen, Flemming; van der Hoek, Wim; Nevondo, Tendani; Rijsberman, Frank. 2005. Systemwide initiative on Malaria and agriculture: an innovative framework for research and capacity building. EcoHealth, 2(1):11-16.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health ; Capacity building ; Agriculture ; Ecosystems ; Research priorities / Africa / Kenya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G000 MUT Record No: H035892)
2 Dilrukshi, P. R. M. P.; Yasawardene, A. D. K. S. N.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, Felix. 2004. Human otoacariasis: a retrospective study from an area of Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98:489-495.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 614.432 G744 DIL Record No: H037481)
3 Klinkenberg, Eveline; McCall, P. J.; Hastings, Ian; Wilson, M. D.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Donnelly, M. J. 2005. Malaria and irrigated crops, Accra, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(8):1290-1293.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Irrigated farming ; Public health ; Agricultural society / Accra / Ghana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G200 KLI Record No: H037245)
4 Ensink, Jeroen; van der Hoek, Wim; Amerasinghe, Felix. 2006. Giardia duodenalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100(6):538-542.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 730 ENS Record No: H038183)
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The risk of Giardia duodenalis (Giardia) infection in farmers using untreated wastewater in agriculture was investigated in the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan, through a cross-sectional study. The study found a significantly increased risk of (asymptomatic) Giardia infection in wastewater farming households when compared with farming households using regular (non-wastewater) irrigation water (OR 3.3, 95% CI 2.5-4.4). Textile labourers who were employed in the city of Faisalabad but who lived in the same village as the wastewater farmers showed a risk of Giardia infection in between that of wastewater and non-wastewater farming households (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.9-3.1). This study suggests that exposure to wastewater with high Giardia concentrations carries an increased risk for (asymptomatic) Giardia infection.
5 Klinkenberg, Eveline; McCall, P. J.; Wilson, M. D.; Akoto, A. O.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Bates, I.; Verhoeff, F. H.; Barnish, G.; Donnelly, M. J. 2006. Urban malaria and anaemia in children: a cross-sectional survey in two cities of Ghana. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11(5):578-588.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 614.532 G200 KLI Record No: H038642)
6 Konradsen, Flemming; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; van der Hoek, Wim; Amerasinghe, Felix; Perera, Devika; Piyaratne, Maldeniya. 2003. Strong association between house characteristics and malaria vectors in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 68(2):177-181.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 614.532 G744 KON Record No: H038771)
7 Amerasinghe, Felix; Boelee, Eline. 2004. Assessing the impact of irrigation development on the environment and human health. Paper presented at the Inception Workshop on IWMI-BOKU-Sieberdorf-EARO-Arbamintch University Collaborative Study on the Impact of Irrigation Development on Poverty and the Environment, ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26-30 April 2004. 6p.
Irrigated farming ; Environmental effects ; Health hazards ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health ; Assessment
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G000 AME Record No: H039253)
8 Piyaratne, Maldeniya K.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Konradsen, Flemming. 2005. Physico-chemical characteristics of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna breeding water in a dry zone stream in Sri Lanka. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 42(2):61-67.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Anopheles culicifacies ; Anopheles varuna ; Water quality ; Rivers / Sri Lanka / Upper Yan Oya / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 571.986 G744 PIY Record No: H039578)
9 Piyaratne, Maldeniya K.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Amerasinghe, Felix; Konradsen, F. 2005. Food of larval Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna in a stream habitat in Sri Lanka. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21(4):387-394.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Rivers ; Anopheles culicifacies ; Anopheles varuna ; Larvae / Sri Lanka / Upper Yan Oya / Anuradhapura District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 571.986 G744 PIY Record No: H039579)
10 Amerasinghe, Felix. 2006. Water, health and environment. In Giordano, Meredith; Rijsberman, Frank; Saleth, Maria. (Eds.). More crop per drop: revisiting a research paradigm: results and synthesis of IWMI’s research, 1996- 2005. London, UK: IWA Publishing; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.145-177.
Agricultural research ; Research institutes ; Research priorities ; Irrigated farming ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Irrigation water ; Domestic water ; Health hazards ; Pesticides ; Water pollution
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 GIO Record No: H039656)
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11 Scott, Christopher; Faruqui , N.; Carr, R.; Blumenthal, U.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Redwood, M.; Ramachandran, G.; Al-Beiruti, S. N.; Prain, G.; Gopal, M. G.; Raschid, Liqa; Huibers, F.; Agodzo, S.; Mukherjee, M.; Madsen, T.; Cornish, G.; Silva, P.; Minhas, P. S.; Niang, S.; Al Khatib, N.; Ghougassian, B.; Drechsel, Pay; Shetty, S.; Blummel, M.; Sengupta, A. K.; Matsuno, Y.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Hall, A.; Keraita, Bernard; Simmons, Rob; Shalabi, M.; Murray-Rust, Hammond; Hainsworth, S.; Rajan, V.; Buechler, Stephanie; Reddy, U. M.; McCornick, Peter; Devi, Gayathri; Kielen, N.; Ensink, Jeroen; Devi, Rama; van der Hoek, Wim; Kundu, N.; Haan, Max; Abayawardana, Sarath; Narayana, P.; Bouma, Jetske. 2005. The Hyderabad Declaration on Wastewater Use in Agriculture, 14 November 2002, Hyderabad, India. [A public statement]. 3p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043804)
12 McCartney, Matthew; Boelee, Eline; Cofie, Olufunke; Amerasinghe, Felix; Mutero, Clifford. 2005. Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 50p.
Irrigation effects ; Environmental impact assessment ; Health hazards ; Policy / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Ethiopia / Burkina Faso / Sudan / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044632)
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This report analyses environmental and health impacts arising from agricultural water development in sub-Saharan Africa and recommends ways to increase the sustainability of investments in irrigation by taking into account health and environmental concerns. In many places in the region irrigation is a key means of enhancing productivity that can reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. However, failure to adequately foresee, plan and manage the negative environmental and health impacts arising from irrigation undermines the sustainability of many projects and may worsen poverty.This report is not intended as a compendium of data on environmental and health issues pertaining to agricultural water development. Rather it seeks to provide an overview and framework for understanding policy and programming issues to tackle these issues.
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