From Maine to California, law enforcement authorities report small-scale epidemics and a rising rate of overdoses from a dangerously potent and cheap form of heroin.
Countries in the Americas, where measles has been eliminated due to a high quality and sustained effort, have smaller scale epidemics occurring in a setting where routine vaccination remains the core of the control effort.
Stochastic epidemic models treat information propagation as a discrete time process (Discrete Time Markov Chain) [7, 14] being more suitable for small-scale systems whereas deterministic epidemic models assume continuous processes relying on the law of large numbers and applying differential equations or inclusions [15, 16], thus being more suitable for large-scale systems.
The fungus doesn't cause "severe and devastating epidemics" for small-scale farmers who are growing a variety of non-Cavendish bananas for their local markets.
A food crisis seems increasingly likely to follow in the wake of the epidemic, which has devastated small-scale farmers.
These cover food aid, water and sanitation, essential relief items as well as the small-scale rehabilitation of essential health infrastructure and preparation for cholera epidemics.
Furthermore, identification of an equitable and politically acceptable target population for this limited vaccine supply was not possible in the heat of the epidemic, resulting in MSPP's rejection of proposals for small-scale demonstration projects.
Clearly this is a small-scale qualitative study, conducted in one particular country; at a particular moment of the HIV epidemic and ARV roll-out.
Recurring small-scale and slow-onset hazards were recognized in the SFDRR, as well as language encouraging transboundary cooperation to address epidemic and displacement risks using ecosystem-based approaches.
Water (small-scale hydropower).
"We are small-scale farmers".
