Jan 13, 2012

Portfolio: Malaria in Suriname: a New Era

Everybody was asked to design the thesis for Hélène van Laar-Hiwat who promoted in 2011 on this subject at the University of Wageningen.

Suriname has been fighting malaria since the early 1900s. With these control efforts Suriname succeeded in getting the coastal area free of malaria. In the Interior, transmission continued and malaria incidence increased. An important role in malaria transmission is played by the mosquito Anopheles darlingi, the primary vector in Suriname.

In 2005 a new 5-year malaria program was initiated in Suriname which included some new malaria control strategies. This thesis describes the effect of these strategies on malaria incidence and the Anopheles darlingi populations in Suriname and also evaluates some mosquito monitoring tools.

Mar 05, 2010

First inspiration book response!

Our friend, Yuri Jansen, has been the first to respond to our challenge to send the results of their scribbling and inspiration back to us. He also wrote a bit about them too. (Click on the small versions for a full size view)

“So I got this little book and I was stoked cause it has my name on the cover, guess I’m just a sucker for that kinda stuff. I put it in my backpack and ever since it’s become my “doodle” pad for when I’m bored or just while I’m working and my hands are free for a couple seconds. Most of the time it’s just random stuff that I’ve thought of during the day and just jot down right away. Thanx everybody!”

We’ll update this post when Yuri does some more of his Doodles. Everybody says, “thanx Yuri”!

All images © 2010 Everybody/Yuri Jansen.