The other 'neglected' eradication programme: achieving the final mile for Guinea worm disease eradication?

被引：7

作者：

Al-Awadi, Abdul Rahman

Karam, Marc V.

Molyneux, David H.

Breman, Joel G.

机构：

[1] Univ Liverpool, Liverpool Sch Trop Med, Liverpool L3 5QA, Merseyside, England

[2] Islam Org Med Sci, Int Commiss Certificat Dracunculiasis Eradicat, Sulaiblkhat 90803, Kuwait

[3] Int Commiss Certificat Dracunculiasis Eradicat, F-01170 Crozet, France

[4] NIH, Div Int Epidemiol & Populat Studies, Fogarty Int Ctr, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 2007年 / 101卷 / 08期

关键词：

dracunculiasis; Guinea worm; eradication; Africa; WHO;

D O I：

10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.002

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 [公共卫生与预防医学]; 120402 [社会医学与卫生事业管理];

摘要：

Guinea worm disease is one of two diseases targeted for eradication, the other being polio. Since the late 1980s, the number of new cases per year has been reduced from approximately one million to some 25 000 in 2006. However, there was an increase from 2005 owing to improved surveillance in Sudan and problems in Ghana. The International Commission argues that more resources are required to ensure that the goat of eradication is completed. Elimination of transmission throughout Asia has now been confirmed and the disease is now confined to a small number of African countries requiring increased efforts to achieve the global goat. (c) 2007 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：741 / 742

页数：2

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