Progress towards countrywide control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 100 (3), 208-215
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.015
Abstract
Schistosomiasis caused by infection with Schistosoma mansoni is a serious public health burden in 38 of the 56 districts of Uganda. This article reviews the initial experience of the national control programme. Launched in 2003, this started with a pilot phase with the main aim of utilizing the experience to formulate feasible and appropriate methods of drug delivery. Overall, 432,746 people were treated and coverage was 91.4% in schools and 64.7% in communities. The issues raised by independent evaluators included that most communities did not participate in the selection of community drug distributors (CDD) and that teachers and CDDs needed refresher training mainly on health education and the management of side effects. As a way forward, it is suggested that the Ministry of Health should integrate deworming into the existing health infrastructure so that every time a child is reached for any health service, the child is also de-wormed.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Short communication: Soil‐transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of controlTropical Medicine & International Health, 2005
- Epidemiology and geography of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda: implications for planning controlTropical Medicine & International Health, 2004
- New policies for using anthelmintics in high risk groupsTrends in Parasitology, 2002
- Epidemiology of intestinal helminth infestations among school children in southern UgandaEast African Medical Journal, 2001
- Evidence for a long-term effect of a single dose of praziquantel on Schistosoma mansoni-induced hepatosplenic lesions in northern Uganda.The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999
- Control Strategies for Human Intestinal Nematode InfectionsAdvances in Parasitology, 1999
- Schistosomiasis mansoni and paddy-rice growing in Uganda: an emerging new problemPathogens and Global Health, 1994
- The epidemiology and consequences of Schistosoma mansoni infection in West Nile, Uganda II. Hospital investigation of a sample from the Panyagoro communityTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1972
- The epidemiology and consequences of Schistosoma mansoni infection in West Nile, Uganda: I. Field studies of a community at PanyagoroTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1972