Ethiopia Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes Control Programme: Progress and Prospects.

Q3 Medicine Ethiopian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-08-14 DOI:10.4172/2332-0877-C3-044

N. Negussu, B. Mengistu, B. Kebede, Kebede Deribe, Ephrem Ejigu, Gemechu Tadesse, K. Mekete, Mesfin Sileshi

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Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthes are among seventeen WHO prioritized neglected tropical diseases that infect humans. These parasitic infections can be treated using single-dose and safe drugs. Ethiopia successfully mapped the distribution of these infections nationwide. According to the mapping there are an estimated 37.3 million people living in schistosomiasis endemic areas, and 79 million in schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthes endemic areas. The Federal Ministry of Health successfully scaled up Schistosomiasis and schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthes intervention in endemic areas and treated over 19 million individuals in 2015. The Ministry of Health has made a huge effort to establish neglected tropical diseases, including schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthes program in the health system which helped to map majority of the woredas and initiate nationwide intervention. The National control programme is designed to achieve elimination for those diseases as a major public health problem by 2020 and aim to attain transmission break by 2025. The programme focuses on reaching those school-aged children who are not attending school, integration between neglected tropical diseases programme, and further collaboration with the WASH actors.

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埃塞俄比亚血吸虫病和土壤传播蠕虫控制规划:进展与展望。

血吸虫病和土壤传播的蠕虫是世界卫生组织优先考虑的17种感染人类的热带疾病之一。这些寄生虫感染可以使用单剂量和安全的药物进行治疗。埃塞俄比亚成功地绘制了这些感染在全国范围内的分布图。根据该地图，估计有3730万人生活在血吸虫病流行区，7900万人居住在血吸虫病和土壤传播蠕虫流行区。2015年，联邦卫生部在血吸虫病流行地区成功扩大了血吸虫病和土壤传播蠕虫的干预力度，治疗了1900多万人。卫生部为建立被忽视的热带疾病做出了巨大努力，包括卫生系统中的血吸虫病和土壤传播蠕虫计划，该计划帮助绘制了大多数世界的地图，并启动了全国性干预。国家控制计划旨在到2020年消除这些作为主要公共卫生问题的疾病，并旨在到2025年实现传播中断。该方案的重点是帮助那些失学的学龄儿童，将被忽视的热带疾病方案纳入其中，并与讲卫生运动行动者进一步合作。

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期刊介绍： The Ethiopian Medical Journal (EMJ) is the official Journal of the Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA) and devoted to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge pertaining to the broad field of medicine in Ethiopia and other developing countries. Prospective contributors to the Journal should take note of the instructions of Manuscript preparation and submission to EMJ as outlined below.