Sékétéli A, Guillet P, Coloussa B, Philippon B, Quillévéré D, Samba E M
Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération (ORSTOM), Montpellier, France.
Bull World Health Organ. 1993;71(6):737-53.
The western extension area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) covers five countries: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali (western part), Senegal and Sierra Leone. From 1986 to 1990, national teams employed by the respective governments have been regularly collecting entomological data on the vectors of onchocerciasis in these countries. As in the initial programme area of the OCP, the entomological surveillance network was composed of entomological sectors and subsectors (the latter are called "operational bases" in the western extension). In 1990, 308 staff in 47 capture teams were employed for the entomological surveillance activities in seven sectors and twenty-five operational bases. They included a national coordinator as head of the teams for each country, a wide range of technicians, and administrative support staff to assist the national coordinator in the overall management of available resources. The national teams worked under the technical responsibility and supervision of WHO/OCP but with no employee/employer relationship between them and WHO, since they were employed and their salaries were paid by their governments. The OCP, however, paid additional lump sum allowances to each worker, as well as daily subsistence allowances when away from their duty station. Vehicles, entomological equipment, office supplies and furniture, fuel and lubricants were provided by WHO/OCP. Despite the difficulties encountered in the field, which were often great, and their lower salaries (compared with colleagues paid by WHO/OCP), the technical workers in the national teams performed well by OCP standards, with results as satisfactory as those obtained by the WHO/OCP teams in the rest of the programme area. The main reasons for the efficiency and dynamism of the national entomological teams are described. The future of these teams after OCP has ceased its activities is also discussed.
西非盘尾丝虫病控制项目（OCP）的西部扩展区涵盖五个国家：几内亚、几内亚比绍、马里（西部地区）、塞内加尔和塞拉利昂。1986年至1990年期间，各国政府雇佣的国家队定期收集这些国家盘尾丝虫病传播媒介的昆虫学数据。与OCP最初的项目区一样，昆虫学监测网络由昆虫学部门和子部门组成（在西部扩展区，后者被称为“行动基地”）。1990年，47个捕获小组的308名工作人员受雇于七个部门和25个行动基地开展昆虫学监测活动。他们包括每个国家的国家队队长（国家协调员）、各类技术人员以及协助国家协调员全面管理可用资源的行政支持人员。国家队在世卫组织/盘尾丝虫病控制项目的技术责任和监督下开展工作，但他们与世卫组织之间不存在雇员/雇主关系，因为他们受本国政府雇佣并由本国政府支付工资。不过，盘尾丝虫病控制项目向每位工作人员支付额外的一次性津贴，以及在其离开工作地点时支付每日生活津贴。车辆、昆虫学设备、办公用品和家具、燃料及润滑剂由世卫组织/盘尾丝虫病控制项目提供。尽管在实地遇到了诸多困难，而且这些国家队工作人员的工资相对较低（与由世卫组织/盘尾丝虫病控制项目支付工资的同事相比），但按照盘尾丝虫病控制项目的标准，国家队的技术人员工作表现出色，取得的成果与该项目其他地区世卫组织/盘尾丝虫病控制项目小组取得的成果一样令人满意。文中描述了国家昆虫学小组高效和充满活力的主要原因。还讨论了盘尾丝虫病控制项目停止活动后这些小组的未来。
