The CropLife Network

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The CropLife Network
European Crop Protection Association
www.acpa.be

• CropLife Latin America
• CropLifeamerica.org

Japan Crop Protection Association www.jcpa.org
Crop Life International
www. croplife.org
Crop Life Asia www.croplifeasia.org
Crop Life Africa Middle East www.croplifeafrica.or
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Crop Life Latinamerica www.latinamerica.org
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What is CropLife Latin America?
Is the Regional Association representing the
Plant Science Industry in Latin America

• The Plant Science Industry invents, develops,
  manufactures and sells products and services
  designed to improve the global production of
  food, feed, fibre and other useful products in a
  sustainable way. (i.e. Insecticides, Herbicides,
  Biotechnology).

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National Associations NetworkCropLife Latin
America
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Companies Network
CropLife Latin America

• Arysta LifeScience
• BASF
• Bayer CropScience
• Dow AgroSciences
• DuPont
• FMC
• Monsanto
• Syngenta

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A Safe Workplace for the Salvadoran Agricultural
Worker

• Dra. Sandra Villafuerte de Marroquín
• Health Minister
• Ing. Oscar Figueroa Albanes
• APA/CropLife

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The Process

• Scheme of Project

EPA CropLife APA NASDAF
National Committee of the Project
National Coordinator
Project Coordinator
Ministries of Health, Labor and Agriculture
Master Trainer from all Ministries
Fall Education Effect
Target Group
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
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Board

• Task Force
• Strategic Alliances
• Actions
• Timeline
• Budget
• Support
• Risk Map

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Considerations to Fall Educations Effect

• Political Lobbying/ Public Relations
• Master trainer
• Strategic Alliance

• Authorities
• Training to Build Local Expertise / Health
  Promoter
• Technical and financial support

National Coordinator and project coordinator
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Target Group

1. Farmers
2. Growers
3. Students
4. Health promoter
5. Housewives
6. Political leaders
7. Agricultural Technicians
8. Doctors

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Strategic Actions

• Alliance ( National farmers associations)
• Build local expertise
• Build task force
• Fall educations
• Time line
• Assessment project
• Financial support
• International cooperation
• Safe use educations
• Container management program

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National Committee Activities
Master Trainers Activities
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Studies are Used in Occupational and Consumer
Risk Assessments
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Poisoning Situation by Pesticides in El Salvador
2005 - 2006
San Salvador, January, 2007
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Public Health Vigilance Epidemiology

• The purpose of epidemiological surveillance is
  not only to collect and analyze data, but also to
  guide political action to public action.
• The surveillance of public health is defined as
  information to action.

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The epidemiological vigilance is how to treat the
poisoning of pesticides.

• The surveillance systems can determine who the
  population is, especially related to the people
  who work with pesticides, the geographic regions
  where they work and what products they use
• Is necessary to take into account the operating
  definitions to get good results.

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Operations Definitions

• Case Definition
• Intoxications by pesticides
• Epidemiological Alert
• Edidemiological Alert Judgment
• Control Areas

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Pesticide Surveillance Systems

• A good system can allow you to
• - Map the cases
• - Take a weekly incident
  count
• - Epidemiologic curve
• - Prevent incidents through
  outreach - Analyze causes
  of posioning
• - Raise the awareness of the
  patient -
  Determine what to recomend

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Casos y tasas de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas
según año de ocurrencia año 1998-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas, según
sexo durante año 2005-2006
Tasas por 100,000 habitantes
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas, según
grupos de edad durante años 2005 y 2006
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas según
modo durante año 2005-2006
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas Según
meses del año año 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de reporte de intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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In general

• 22 cases per week (3 per day)
• Mortality standard 14, 3 deaths per week
• Decrease 15 from 2005
• 76 of the poisoning occurs in rural areas
• 1 female poisoning for every 3 male poisonings.
• 3 times more likely that the incident occured in
  a rural area than in an urban area.

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Tasas de Intoxicación por plaguicidas Por
Departamento de domicilio
Año2005
Risk Map
Tasa x 100.000 habitantes
Año 2006
Source Health Minister
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Tasas de Intoxicación por plaguicidas Por
Departamento de Intoxicación
Año2005
Risk Map
Año2006
Source Health Minister
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Deaths from Pesticide Poisonings, By mode of
intoxication 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Muertes por Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas
según Mes de notificación año 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Muertes por Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas
según cinco nombres comerciales año 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Accidental form
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Accidental Incidents by Sex 2005-2006
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Accidental Incidents by Age 2005-2006
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Accidental Incidents by Route of Exposure
2005-2006
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Accidental Incidents by Location of
Exposure 2005-2006
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Accidental Intoxications

• The probability of accidental intoxication is
  twice more likely with men than women
• 46 of incidents obtained the product in another
  location
• 61 of intoxications are oral
• 74 of cases were at home, 15 while working
• There was a 14 reduction from 2005 to 2006

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form
Homicide
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas según
modo intento de suicidio y grupos de edad año
2005-2006
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas según
modo intento de suicidio y sexo año
2005-2006
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas según
modo intento de suicidio y Procedencia año
2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Intentional Intoxications (Suicide)

• 97 were intoxicated through oral ingestion
• 136 deaths reported
• Most used products Phostoxín (24) Gramoxone
  (28)
• 18 reduction from the previous year
• 85 of events were in the home
• For every woman, there were 2 men who tried to
  commit suicide

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Intentional Intoxications (Suicide)

• 42 obtained the product from an agroservices
  dealer and 54 in another location
• 7 of cases had previous suicide attempts

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Suicide Incidents by Hospital, 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Form Laboring
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Work-related Incidents by Age, 2005-2006
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Casos de Intoxicaciones por plaguicidas según
modo laboral y Procedencia año 2005-2006
Fuente Ficha de Reporte por intoxicaciones por
plaguicidas
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Questions?