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Schistosomiasis mapping in Senegal: from baseline to present Open
Introduction Schistosomiasis has been a major public health concern in Senegal for almost 40 years. Mass drug administration (MDA) is the primary control strategy for treating schistosomiasis, however, there is a global limited availabilit…
Schistosomiasis in Ghana from baseline to now: the impact of fifteen years of interventions Open
Background Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Ghana, significantly impacted by the construction of dams during the 1960s that resulted in the creation of Lake Volta. The Ghana Health Service launched the Neglected Tropical…
Onchocerciasis is not a major cause of blindness in two endemic villages in Sierra Leone Open
Reported vision loss in 37 patients was mainly due to cataracts (35.1%), allergic conjunctivitis (18.9%), refractive error (10.8%), and other conditions not related to onchocerciasis. There were 40.7% of all adults (N = 54) tested and 29.0…
Nutritional adequacy in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa: Maternal and child dietary diversity in the context of perinatal HIV exposure Open
Background. Children younger than 5 years old are a vulnerable group whose growth is affected by nutritional intake. However, few studies have evaluated dietary diversity–a proxy measure of dietary adequacy–among HIV-exposed uninfected (HE…
View article: Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)
Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s) Open
Background “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal”—Aristotle Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is caused by intestinal parasites that require an obligate development period in the soil [1,2], predominantly …
Re-assessment of schistosomiasis in nine endemic districts with cluster sampling in Sierra Leone Open
Background Baseline mapping showed that schistosomiasis was highly/moderately endemic in nine districts in Sierra Leone. Mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel started in 2009, and after multiple rounds of treatment, an impact as…
WITHDRAWN: Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping in Tanzania Mainland: A case of Kilindi DC, Handeni DC and Kilolo DC, Iringa DC Open
Withdrawal Statement “This manuscript has been withdrawn by the authors as they did not obtain the necessary ethical clearance for the study. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you hav…
Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for Schistosoma haematobium than for S. mansoni Open
Background World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for measuring global progress in schistosomiasis control classify individuals with Schistosoma spp. infections based on the concentration of excreted eggs. We assessed the associations …
Control and Elimination of Schistosomiasis as a Public Health Problem: Thresholds Fail to Differentiate Schistosomiasis Morbidity Prevalence in Children Open
Background Current World Health Organization guidelines utilize prevalence of heavy-intensity infections (PHIs), that is, ≥50 eggs per 10 mL of urine for Schistosoma haematobium and ≥400 eggs per gram of stool for S. mansoni, to determine …
Adaptive strategies for schistosomiasis control Open
In this issue of The Lancet Global Health, Emily Li and colleagues1Li EY Gurarie D Lo NC Zhu X King CH Improving public health control of schistosomiasis with a modified WHO strategy: a model-based comparison study.Lancet Glob Health. 2019…
The Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case Study Exemplifying How Foreign Assistance Funding Can Be Catalytic in Reducing the Burden of Major Global Health Conditions Open
In 2006, following direct advocacy and published rationale, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) established a neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) program to support the scale-up of integrated platforms to target the eliminat…
Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strategies for long-term and sustainable morbidity control Open
Schistosomiasis affects over 200 million people worldwide [1] and accounts for an estimated 1.9 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) annually [2], with 90% of the burden currently concentrated in Africa. The last decade has witne…
View article: The role of national committees in eliminating onchocerciasis
The role of national committees in eliminating onchocerciasis Open
National onchocerciasis elimination committees (NOECs) serve to help ministries of health complete the pathway to successful verification of elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness), as outlined in the 2016 World Health Organization…
View article: Criteria to Stop Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Have Been Achieved Throughout Plateau and Nasarawa States, Nigeria
Criteria to Stop Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Have Been Achieved Throughout Plateau and Nasarawa States, Nigeria Open
Nigeria has the largest population at risk for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in Africa. This study used a transmission assessment survey (TAS) to determine whether mass drug administration (MDA) for LF could stop in 21 districts, divided into …