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Integrated Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Control over Five Years on Kome Island, Tanzania

Authors
 Godfrey M. Kaatano  ;  Julius E. Siza  ;  Joseph R. Mwanga  ;  Duk-Yong Min  ;  Tai-Soon Yong  ;  Jong-Yil Chai  ;  Yunsuk Ko  ;  Su Young Chang  ;  Cyril M. Kullaya  ;  Han-Jong Rim  ;  John M. Changalucha  ;  Keeseon S. Eom 
Citation
 KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, Vol.53(5) : 535-543, 2015 
Journal Title
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
ISSN
 0023-4001 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Anthelmintics/administration & dosage* ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Helminthiasis/diagnosis* ; Helminthiasis/drug therapy* ; Humans ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/diagnosis* ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/drug therapy* ; Islands ; Lakes ; Male ; Prevalence ; Schistosomiasis/diagnosis* ; Schistosomiasis/drug therapy* ; Tanzania ; Treatment Outcome
Keywords
Kome Island (Tanzania) ; Schistosoma mansoni ; control ; hookworm ; mass drug administration ; schistosomiasis ; soil-tranmitted helminth
Abstract
Integrated control strategies are important for sustainable control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, despite their challenges for their effective implementation. With the support of Good Neighbors International in collaboration with National Institute of Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania, integrated control applying mass drug administration (MDA), health education using PHAST, and improved safe water supply has been implemented on Kome Island over 5 years for controlling schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs). Baseline surveys for schistosomiasis and STHs was conducted before implementation of any integrated control strategies, followed by 4 cross-sectional follow-up surveys on randomly selected samples of schoolchildren and adults in 10 primary schools and 8 villages, respectively, on Kome islands. Those follow-up surveys were conducted for impact evaluation after introduction of control strategies interventions in the study area. Five rounds of MDA have been implemented from 2009 along with PHAST and improved water supply with pumped wells as other control strategies for complementing MDA. A remarkable steady decline of schistosomiasis and STHs was observed from 2009 to 2012 with significant trends in their prevalence decline, and thereafter infection rate has remained at a low sustainable control. By the third follow-up survey in 2012, Schistosoma mansoni infection prevalence was reduced by 90.5% and hookworm by 93.3% among schoolchildren while in adults the corresponding reduction was 83.2% and 56.9%, respectively. Integrated control strategies have successfully reduced S. mansoni and STH infection status to a lower level. This study further suggests that monitoring and evaluation is a crucial component of any large-scale STH and schistosomiasis intervention.
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DOI
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.5.535
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/157190
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