Control of schistosomiasis transmission
Despite the success of control programmes, schistosomiasis is still a serious public health problem in the world. More than 70 countries where 200 million individuals are evaluated to be infected of a total 600 million at risk. Though there have been important local success in the control of transmi...
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1995-04-01
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| author | Luiz C. de S. Dias Oswaldo Marçal Jr. Carmem M. Glasser |
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| description | Despite the success of control programmes, schistosomiasis is still a serious public health problem in the world. More than 70 countries where 200 million individuals are evaluated to be infected of a total 600 million at risk. Though there have been important local success in the control of transmission, globally the infection has increased. Economic constrains in developing countries, environmental changes associated with migration and water resources development have been blocking the progress. The main objective of schistosomiasis control is to achieve reduction of disease due to schistosomiasis. We discussed the control measures like: health education, diagnosis and chemotherapy, safe water supplies, sanitation and snail control. We emphasized the need to give priority to school-age children and the importance of integrating the measures of control into locally available systems of health care. The control of schistosomiasis is directly related to the capacity of the preventive health services of an endemic country. The strategy of control requires long-term commitment from the international to the local level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32c60a0507254dc896147deebb85447e2023-08-02T09:25:57ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80601995-04-0190228528810.1590/S0074-02761995000200028Control of schistosomiasis transmissionLuiz C. de S. DiasOswaldo Marçal Jr.Carmem M. GlasserDespite the success of control programmes, schistosomiasis is still a serious public health problem in the world. More than 70 countries where 200 million individuals are evaluated to be infected of a total 600 million at risk. Though there have been important local success in the control of transmission, globally the infection has increased. Economic constrains in developing countries, environmental changes associated with migration and water resources development have been blocking the progress. The main objective of schistosomiasis control is to achieve reduction of disease due to schistosomiasis. We discussed the control measures like: health education, diagnosis and chemotherapy, safe water supplies, sanitation and snail control. We emphasized the need to give priority to school-age children and the importance of integrating the measures of control into locally available systems of health care. The control of schistosomiasis is directly related to the capacity of the preventive health services of an endemic country. The strategy of control requires long-term commitment from the international to the local level.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761995000200028schistosomiasiscontroltransmission |
| spellingShingle | Luiz C. de S. Dias Oswaldo Marçal Jr. Carmem M. Glasser Control of schistosomiasis transmission Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz schistosomiasis control transmission |
| title | Control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| title_full | Control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| title_fullStr | Control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| title_full_unstemmed | Control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| title_short | Control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| title_sort | control of schistosomiasis transmission |
| topic | schistosomiasis control transmission |
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