Southern Sudan: an opportunity for NTD control and elimination?

被引：22

作者：

Rumunu, John

Brooker, Simon ^{[1
,2
]}

Hopkins, Adrian ^{[3
]}

Chane, Fasil ^{[4
]}

Emerson, Paul ^{[5
]}

Kolaczinski, Jan ^{[1
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, London WC1E 7HT, England

[2] KEMRI Wellcome Trust Collaborat Programme, Malaria Publ Hlth & Epidemiol Grp, Nairobi, Kenya

[3] Mectizan Donat Program, Decatur, GA USA

[4] So Sudan Onchocerciasis Task Force, Rumbek, Sudan

[5] Carter Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30307 USA

[6] Africa Reg Off, Malaria Consortium, Kampala, Uganda

来源：

TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY | 2009年 / 25卷 / 07期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; COMMUNITY-DIRECTED TREATMENT; TROPICAL DISEASE-CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; KALA-AZAR; ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL; SLEEPING SICKNESS; HELMINTH CONTROL; UPPER NILE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.pt.2009.03.011

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Southern Sudan has been ravaged by decades of conflict and is thought to have one of the highest burdens of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world. Health care delivery, including efforts to control or eliminate NTDs, is severely hampered by a lack of infrastructure and health systems. However, the post-conflict environment and Southern Sudan's emerging health sector provide the unprecedented opportunity to build new, innovative programmes to target NTDs. This article describes the current status of NTDs and their control in Southern Sudan and outlines the opportunities for the development of evidence-based, innovative implementation of NTD control.

引用

页码：301 / 307

页数：7

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