忘れられた熱帯病のマッピング,モニタリング,監視:政策の枠組みに向けて
M C Baker1, E Mathieu, F M Fleming
1RTI International, Washington, DC, USA. mcb93@georgetown.edu
Lancet (London, England)
|January 30, 2010
まとめ
国家プログラムは,地図作成,モニタリング,監視戦略を統合することによって,見捨てられた熱帯疾患の予防化学療法を改善することができます. このアプローチは,リンパ性フィラリア症,オンコサーキアシス,その他に対する効率と有効性を高めます.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- グローバル・ヘルス グローバル・ヘルス
背景:
- 国家プログラムでは,複数の見捨てられた熱帯病 (NTDs) の予防化学療法を拡大しています.
- リンパ性フィラリア症,オンコサーキアシス,スキストソミアシス,土壌伝染ヘルミンチアシス,トラコーマを標的とした薬剤の併用において,相乗効果のアプローチの機会が存在する.
- 統合のために,既存の疾患特有の政策を検証することは極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 予防的化学療法によるNTDの標的となるNTDの現在のマッピング,モニタリング,および監視政策を比較する.
- これらの戦略を統合するための課題と機会を特定する.
- 統合された監視・評価システムの枠組みを提示する.
主な方法:
- マッピング,モニタリング,および監視のための既存の疾患特有の政策の比較分析.
- 潜在的な統合ポイントの特定と統合戦略の例.
- 統合されたモニタリングと評価のための概念的枠組みの開発.
主要な成果:
- 完全な統合は必ずしも実現可能ではないかもしれませんが,シナジーのための重要な機会が存在します.
- 統合された戦略は,予防的な化学療法プログラムの効率を高めることができます.
- 迅速で,安価で,使いやすい方法の開発は,大規模な介入に不可欠です.
結論:
- マッピング,モニタリング,監視の統合は,NTD制御プログラムに利点をもたらします.
- 統合的戦略と疾患特異的な戦略の両方を用いた組み合わせのアプローチが推奨されます.
- 統合されたM&Eシステムのさらなる開発は,NTDsのためのスケールの介入をサポートするために必要です.
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