Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis : Report of a WHO Expert Committee.
Title:
Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis : Report of a WHO Expert Committee.
Author:
Organization, World Health.
ISBN:
9789240686380
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (80 pages)
Series:
Technical Report Series
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Schistosomiasis -- 1.2 Evolution of the strategic approach to control schistosomiasis -- 1.3 Resolution WHA54.19 on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections -- 1.4 Recommendations on morbidity control -- 1.5 Countries, areas and population groups eligible for preventive chemotherapy -- 1.6 From control to elimination -- 1.7 Aim of this document -- 2. PROGRESS REPORT 2001-2011 -- 2.1 Performance -- 2.2 Impact -- 2.3 Challenges -- 2.3.1 Political commitment -- 2.3.2 Coordination -- 2.3.3 Communication -- 2.3.4 Technical capacity -- 2.3.5 Monitoring and evaluation -- 2.3.6 Operational guidance -- 2.3.7 Complementary public-health interventions -- 3. ENDEMIC COUNTRIES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION -- 3.1 Status of countries endemic for schistosomiasis -- 3.2 Progression towards elimination of schistosomiasis -- 3.3 Resolution WHA65.21 on the elimination of schistosomiasis -- 4. STRATEGIC PLAN 2012-2020 -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Vision, goals and objectives -- 4.3 Control of morbidity -- 4.4 Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public-health problem -- 4.5 Interruption of transmission -- 4.6 Verification of elimination of schistosomiasis transmission -- 4.7 Post-elimination surveillance -- 4.8 Strategic approaches to address challenges to schistosomiasis control -- 4.8.1 Political commitment -- 4.8.2 Coordination -- 4.8.3 Communication -- 4.8.4 Technical capacity -- 4.8.5 Monitoring and evaluation -- 4.8.6 Operational guidance -- 4.8.7 Complementary public-health interventions -- 4.9 Milestones -- 5. REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS -- 5.1. African Region -- 5.2 Region of the Americas -- 5.3 Eastern Mediterranean Region -- 5.4 European Region -- 5.5 South-East Asia Region -- 5.6 Western Pacific Region -- 6. PROJECTED NEEDS OF PRAZIQUANTEL -- 6.1. Population requiring preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis.
6.2 Projected need of praziquantel, 2012-2020 and beyond -- 6.2.1 Scale-up and down -- 6.2.2 Population growth -- 6.2.3 Procurement data for 2011 and 2012 -- REFERENCES -- ANNEXES -- Annex I: Chronology of WHO official publication on schistosomiasis -- Annex II: Issues of the Weekly Epidemiological Record on schistosomiasis -- Annex III: Resolutions of the World Health Assembly on schistosomiasis -- Annex IV: Revised estimates of people requiring preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis -- Annex V: List of schistosomiasis-endemic countries according to WHO Technical Report Series No. 830.
Abstract:
This report contains the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee convened to consider the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections. Although these infections remain major public health concerns in many parts of the world, particularly in the poorest developing countries, cost-effective solutions are both available and deliverable. The report reviews the burden of disease, its impact on both health and development, the substantial benefits of treatment, and the safety, efficacy and ease of administration of available anthelminthic drugs. Similarities in the populations at risk and in the tools required to combat the problems have prompted moves towards a combined approach to the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Such an approach relies largely on epidemiological surveillance, health education, improvements in hygiene and sanitation, and - above all - regular treatment of high-risk groups, particularly school-age children. The report focuses on how these various elements can be achieved, emphasizing the potential of the school system for drug delivery and health education and the opportunities for integration of control activities with existing health programmes. It also stresses that the cost of recommended anthelminthic drugs has now fallen to a level at which it should no longer deter Member States from making treatment widely available in endemic areas. The recommendations of the Expert Committee provide clear and strategic guidance on the implementation of control measures and on ensuring their sustainability.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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