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1 Konradsen, F.; Van der Hoek, W.; Atukorale, K.; Wanigadeva, T. 1995. Health hazards of pesticide use in Mahaweli H, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the SLAAS, 1995. (Paper presented at the Fifty First Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka, November 1995) 3p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H018354)
2 Konradsen, F.; Van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Fonseka, K. T. 1995. A knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices survey of Malaria in the Huruluwewa watershed, Anuradhapura District. Proceedings of the SLAAS, 1995. (Paper presented at the Fifty First Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka, November 1995) 3p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H018355)
3 Konradsen, F.; van der Hoek, W.; Perry, C.; Renault, D. 1997. Water: Where from, and for whom? World Health Forum, 18(1):41-43.
Water management ; Water supply ; Irrigation water ; Water use efficiency ; Water pollution ; Health ; Pricing ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER, IIMI 631.7.5 G000 KON Record No: H009222)
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4 Konradsen, F.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Fonseka, K. T. 1997. Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91:127-130.
Households ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Expenditure ; Irrigation ; Health / Sri Lanka / Asirigama / Eppawela / Mahameegaswewa / Namalapura / Siyambaladamana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H09225)
5 Konradsen, F.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 1997. Measuring the economic cost of malaria to households in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 56:656-660.
Households ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Economic aspects ; Irrigation ; Health ; Small scale systems / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Mahameegaswewa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H09226)
6 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Athukorale, K.; Wanigadewa, T. 1998. Pesticide poisoning: A major health problem in Sri Lanka. Social Science and Medicine, 46(4-5):495-504.
Irrigation management ; Health ; Pesticides / Sri Lanka / Galnewa / Thambuttegama / Mahaweli Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 VAN Record No: H021651)
7 Konradsen, F.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.. 1998. Vector control linked to small-scale irrigation in Sri Lanka. In Konradsen, F.; van der Hoek, W. (Eds.), Health and irrigation: Proceedings of the Copenhagen Workshop on Health and Irrigation held in Eigtved's Pakhus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asiatisk Plads 2, DK, 1448 Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-20 August 1997. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IIMI. pp.3-4.
Tank irrigation ; Small scale systems ; Disease vectors ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G000 KON Record No: H022053)
8 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Perera, D.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 1997. Correlation between rainfall and malaria in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91(8):945-949.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 616.9362 G744 VAN Record No: H022648)
9 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Dijkstra, D. S.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 1998. Risk factors for malaria: a microepidemiological study in a village in Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92:265-269.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 616.9362 G744 VAN Record No: H022673)
10 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 1998. Characteristics of malaria vector breeding habitats in Sri Lanka: Relevance for environmental management. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 29(1):168-172.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 VAN Record No: H022674)
11 Konradsen, F.; Stobberup, K. A.; Sharma, S. K.; Gulati, O. T.; van der Hoek, W.. 1998. Irrigation water releases and Anopheles culicifacies abundance in Gujarat, India. Acta Tropica, 71:195-197.
Irrigation water ; Distributary canals ; Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Anopheles culicifacies ; Public health / India / Gujarat / Kheda District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G635 KON Record No: H023567)
12 Konradsen, F.; Matsuno, Y.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; van der Hoek, W.. 1998. Anopheles culicifacies breeding in Sri Lanka and options for control through water management. Acta Tropica, 71:131-138.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Anopheles culicifacies ; Public health ; Control methods ; Water management ; Environmental effects ; Reservoir operation ; Irrigation canals ; Water measurement / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura District / Mahameegaswewa Village / Yan Oya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 KON Record No: H023568)
13 Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.) 1998. Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. vii, 48p.
Water resource management ; Water use efficiency ; Environmental degradation ; Water quality ; Irrigation effects ; Hydrology ; Social aspects ; Wildlife ; Cattle ; Wetlands ; Lagoons ; Drainage ; Agriculture ; Land degradation ; Water scarcity / Sri Lanka / Kirindi Oya / Bundala
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023706)
The main objectives of the workshop were to discuss current insights into the water quality of the Bundala Lagoons, to set priorities for further research, and develop appropriate water management strategies that could improve and sustain the environment of the Bundala Na- tional Park. The workshop brought together a multidisciplinary group of 38 people from 22 governmental and nongovernmental organizations. After the workshop, a project protocol was finalized and now forms the basis for collaboration between several institutions involved in field based activities in the Bundala National Park.
14 van der Hoek, W.. 1998. IIMI and the Bundala National Park. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.1-3.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023707)
15 Amerasinghe, F. P.; Konradsen, F.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; van der Hoek, W.; Fonseka, K. T.; Perera, D. 1998. Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in a "purana" village ecosystem. [Abstract only]. In Careem, M. A.; Mendis, B. R. R. N.; Nelson, M. D. (Eds.). Proceedings and abstracts of the Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 7 November 1998. pp.22.
Malaria ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Public health ; Villages ; Watersheds / Sri Lanka / Mahameegaswewa / Huruluwewa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G744 AME Record No: H023817)
16 Matsuno, Y.; Konradsen, F.; Tasumi, M.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Amerasinghe, P. H. 1999. Control of malaria mosquito breeding through irrigation water management. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 15(1/2):93-105.
Malaria ; Disease vectors ; Waterborne diseases ; Reservoirs ; Water balance ; Models ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Data collection ; Analysis / Sri Lanka / Huruluwewa / Habarana / Yan Oya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024207)
17 van der Hoek, W.; Konradsen, F.; Jehangir, W. A. 1999. Domestic use of irrigation water: health hazard or opportunity? International Journal of Water Resources Development, 15(1/2):107-119.
Irrigation water ; Water use ; Public health ; Diseases ; Case studies ; Water pollution ; Water supply ; Groundwater ; Irrigation canals / Sri Lanka / Pakistan / Kirindi Oya / Hakra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024208)
18 Konradsen, F.; Steele, P.; Perera, D.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 1999. The cost of malaria control in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 77(4):301-309.
Malaria ; Disease vectors ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health ; Control methods ; Costs / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 616.9362 G744 KON Record No: H024661)
19 van der Hoek, W.; Premasiri, D. A. R.; Wickremasinghe, A. R. 1998. Clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria in Sri Lanka. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 29(2):242-245.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 616.9362 G744 VAN Record No: H025922)
20 Konradsen, F.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, P. H.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Perera, D. 2000. A village treatment center for malaria: community response in Sri Lanka. Social Science and Medicine, 50(6):879-889.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G744 KON Record No: H025924)
Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases is one of the basic elements of the current global malaria control strategy. In order to provide this service to people in rural areas there is a need for new cost-effective approaches. To ensure that such new approaches are acceptable to the target communities, it is important to know the rationale for people's malaria treatment-seeking behavior. The present study provides insights into the reasons for people's preferences for different types of healthcare facilities and describes variation of these preferences within a rural community in Sri Lanka. The study reports on the experiences with the establishment of a village health facility and its effect on the treatment-seeking behavior of the population. After the introduction of the village treatment center it quickly took over the role of main provider for diagnosis and treatment of malaria from the government facilities. The treatment center did not improve the response time in seeking treatment for young children, but the delay for adults was reduced by 1-2 days. Mothers with small children often preferred the government facilities since they wanted a more qualified opinion than available from the locally recruited staff of the village treatment center. The treatment center significantly reduced the stress and discomfort experienced by the elderly and handicapped segment of the community. The study indicated that the effective catchment area of a village treatment center will be influenced by the degree of initial support from key individuals in the communities, the selection procedure and training of assistants, and the history of the relationships between different villages to be served by the center. The government health services and communities across the dry zone of Sri Lanka could benefit substantially from the establishment of more village treatment centers. To ensure the long-term sustainability of these type of facilities it is necessary to assess the feasibility of charging a user fee and establishing multi-purpose clinics. Government policies and administrative procedures will need to be adjusted to make the successful operation of village treatment centers possible.
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