Schistosomiasis with a focus on Africa

OP Aula, DP McManus, MK Jones… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease of impoverished people and
livestock in many developing countries in tropical Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin …

Behaviour change interventions for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis: A systematic review of evidence from low-and middle-income countries

CA Torres-Vitolas, SCM Trienekens… - PLoS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background For the last two decades, schistosomiasis control efforts have focussed on
preventive treatment. The disease, however, still affects over 200 million people worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis among primary school pupils in Nigeria

AM Onyekwere, O Rey, MC Nwanchor, M Alo… - Parasite Epidemiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urogenital schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that is endemic to Nigeria and
one which continues to pose a public health problem especially among school-age children …

Factors affecting the uptake of preventive chemotherapy treatment for schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

CA Torres-Vitolas, N Dhanani… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Schistosomiasis affects nearly 220 million people worldwide, mainly in Sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA). Preventive chemotherapy (PC) treatment, through regular mass-drug …

The impact of Worms and Ladders, an innovative health educational board game on Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis control in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

DB Bassey, HO Mogaji, GA Dedeke… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In most endemic sub-Saharan African countries, repeated infections with soil-transmitted
helminth (STH) occur as early as six weeks after the end of mass drug administration (MDA) …

Interventions for neglected tropical diseases among children and adolescents: a meta-analysis

FA Naqvi, JK Das, RA Salam, SF Raza, ZS Lassi… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of communicable diseases
affecting the poorest populations around the world. OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness …

The contribution of community health education to sustainable control of the neglected zoonotic diseases

C Butala, J Fyfe, SC Welburn - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Effective and sustainable control of the Neglected Zoonoses (NZDs) demands a One Health
approach. NZDs largely impact on individuals in low-and middle-income countries …

Co-creation and prototyping of an intervention focusing on health literacy in management of malaria at community-level in Ghana

MA Boateng, E Agyei-Baffour, S Angel, O Asare… - Research involvement …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Collaborating with end-users to develop interventions tailored to fit unique
circumstances is proposed as a way to improve relevance and effectiveness of an …

Improving diarrhoeal and clean and healthy living behaviour (PHBS) through collaboration socio-dramatic play (Ko-Berdrama) in school age children

LH Kusumawardani, E Rekawati… - Sri Lanka Journal of Child …, 2019 - sljch.sljol.info
Introduction: Indonesian health status is strongly influenced by clean and healthy living
behaviour (PHBS or Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat). PHBS programmes should be …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a novel, low-cost and sustainable health education program on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to intestinal Schistosomiasis in …

SA Spencer, EH Andriamasy, C Linder… - The American Journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Schistosomiasis control requires multisectoral approaches including praziquantel treatment,
access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and health education. Community input can …