水媒介の感染症は,歴史に残されるのでしょうか?
1Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London WC2 1PG, UK. a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk
まとめ
アフリカの水資源開発は繁栄を助長するが,水媒介疾患を増やす. グローバルなパートナーシップと医薬品の寄付は,2015年までにスキストソミアシスのような病気をコントロールする道を示しています.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- トロピカル・メディシン (熱帯医学)
背景:
- アフリカの水資源開発は,農業の拡大,発電,および開拓地の成長につながりました.
- 変化した水体は,水媒介疾患や寄生虫感染症に有利な環境を作り出す.
- 熱帯寄生虫病は,被災地域において著しい罹病率と死亡率を引き起こします.
研究 の 目的:
- アフリカにおける疾病伝染に対する水資源開発の影響を評価する.
- 主要な水媒介およびベクトル媒介疾患の制御における進展をレビューする.
- ミレニアム開発目標に沿った病気の根絶のための戦略を強調する.
主な方法:
- 水資源プロジェクトと関連する健康への影響に関する既存の文献のレビュー.
- ギニアワーム,スキストソミアシス,リンパ性フィラリア症,オンコサーキアシスに関する疾病管理プログラムデータの分析.
- 医薬品の寄付と世界的な保健パートナーシップの役割の検討.
主要な成果:
- 水資源開発プロジェクトは,無意識に病気の蔓延を助長している.
- いくつかの熱帯寄生虫病の制御において,著しい進展がみられた.
- 2015年は,これらの病気の制御を達成するための目標として特定されました.
結論:
- 水媒介およびベクトル媒介の病気の効果的な制御と潜在的な根絶は達成可能である.
- 医薬品の寄付,資金調達,そして世界保健の協力は,成功にとって極めて重要です.
- スキストソミアシスやギニアワームなどの病気を撲滅するには,継続的な努力が必要である.
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