从巴基斯坦消灭龙病
D R Hopkins1, M Azam, E Ruiz-Tiben
1Carter Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 2, 1995
概括
巴基斯坦通过实施全面的全国性运动,成功地根除了虫病 (几内亚虫病). 他们的开创性方法,包括健康教育和病例制,现在正在指导其他国家在根除疫情方面的努力.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 传染病控制和控制传染病
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
背景情况:
- 龙虫病 (几内亚虫病) 严重阻碍了特有地区的社会经济发展.
- 世界卫生组织设定了到1995年全球根除龙病的目标.
- 传染发生在含有感染环状足动物 (水) 的污染水源中.
研究的目的:
- 为了记录巴基斯坦成功根除龙病的情况.
- 突出了巴基斯坦国家几内亚消灭计划中采用的战略.
- 为了证明巴基斯坦的方法在其他特有国家的适用性.
主要方法:
- 一个全国性的,村村的案例搜索于1987年开始.
- 实施健康教育活动.
- 使用布料过器和环氧化物temephos来防止传播.
- 在后期阶段应用病例制策略.
主要成果:
- 巴基斯坦在1993年10月实现了草根结核病的根除,提前于全球目标.
- 综合方法有效地中断了疾病传播.
- 巴基斯坦的计划成为后来的全国根除运动的典范.
结论:
- 通过持续的,多方面的公共卫生干预,可以实现草根结核病的根除.
- 巴基斯坦的经验为全球卫生倡议提供了一个成功的案例研究.
- 开发的方法是可转移的,并且在各种特有环境中有效.
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