| Depressive Symptoms Amongst People with Podoconiosis and Lower Limb Lymphoedema of Other Cause in Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study
Semrau M, Davey G, Beng A, Ndongmo W, Njouendou A, Wanji S, et al.. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2019; 466(3).
Abstract Evidence is emerging that shows elevated mental distress and disorder amongst people with several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This study aimed to establish the prevalence of depressive symptoms amongst people with podoconiosis and lower limb lymphoedema of other cause in Cameroon.
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Knowledge, perceptions and experiences of trachoma among Maasai in Tanzania: Implications for prevention and control.
Mtuy TB, Burton MJ, Mwingira U, Ngondi JM, Seeley J, Lees S. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(6).
Abstract The Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma has set the target for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem by 2020. However, challenges remain, including socio-cultural issues. Districts in Northern Tanzania, predominantly inhabited by the Maasai ethnic group, remain endemic for trachoma. We explored socio-cultural factors that may impact the elimination of trachoma.
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Defeating neglected tropical diseases: progress, challenges and opportunities
World Health Organization (WHO). 2019.
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Beyond the building blocks: integrating community roles into health systems frameworks to achieve health for all
Sacks E, Morrow M, Story WT, et al.. BMJ Global Health. 2019.
Abstract This paper suggests an expansion of the WHO building blocks, starting with the recognition of the essential determinants of the production of health. It presents an expanded framework that articulates the need for dedicated human resources and quality services at the community level; it places strategies for organising and mobilising social resources in communities in the context of systems for health; it situates health information as one ingredient of a larger block dedicated to information, learning and accountability; and it recognises societal partnerships as critical links to the public health sector.
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"It's just a fever": Gender based barriers to care-seeking for visceral leishmaniasis in highly endemic districts of India: A qualitative study.
Jayakumar B, Murthy N, Misra K, Burza S. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(6).
Abstract Diagnosis and treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is considered to be delayed amongst poor, rural women in highly endemic districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The objective of this study was to assess and understand barriers to VL diagnosis and treatment for women in endemic districts with a high burden of VL.
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Sampling strategies for monitoring and evaluation of morbidity targets for soil-transmitted helminths.
Giardina F, Coffeng LE, Farrell SH, Vegvari C, Werkman M, Truscott JE, et al.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(6).
Abstract Although the WHO guidelines provide a combined strategy to control the three STH species, the efficacy of PC strategies clearly differs by species. There is added value in considering more villages within implementation units for M&E of morbidity targets, the extent varying by STH species. A better understanding of pre- and post-control local STH prevalence levels is essential for an adequate M&E strategy including the definition of morbidity targets at the appropriate geographical scale.
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Closing the Gaps on Medical Education in Low-Income Countries Through Information & Communication Technologies: The Mozambique Experience
Mocumbi A. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. 2019; 16(4).
Abstract Context-tailored use of ICT and mobile medical devices transformed medical education by improving the learning environment, addressing scarcity and low quality of trained doctors in a low-income setting of Africa. This strategy has the potential to reduce health disparities and contribute to achieving universal health coverage.
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Review of the Prospects and Challenges of mHealth Implementation in Developing Countries
Nsor-Anabiah S, Udunwa U, Malathi S. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER). 2019; 14(12):2897-2903.
Abstract Our study seeks to identify the prospects and challenges in the implementation of mHealth in developing countries and suggest ways to resolve them.
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Reaching the last mile: main challenges relating to and recommendations to accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa
Gebrezgabiher G, Mekonnen Z, Yewhalaw D, Hailu A. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2019; 8(1).
Abstract This scoping review examines the key challenges related to the elimination of onchocerciasis by 2020-2025 in Africa, and proposes recommendations to overcome the challenges and accelerate disease elimination.
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Improved assessment of mass drug administration and health district management performance to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
Maroto-Camino C, Hernandez-Pastor P, Awaca N, Safari L, Hemingway J, Massangaie M, et al.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(7):e0007337.
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Effects of single and integrated water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions on child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya
Pickering AJ, Njenga SM, Steinbaum L, Swarthout J, Lin A, Arnold BF, et al.. PLOS Medicine. 2019.
Abstract Helminth and protozoan infections affect more than 1 billion children globally. Improving water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition could be more sustainable control strategies for parasite infections than mass drug administration, while providing other quality of life benefits.
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Clinical evaluation of the use of an mhealth intervention on quality of care provided by Community Health Workers in southwest Niger.
Zakus D, Moussa M, Ezechiel M, Yimbesalu J, Orkar P, Damecour C, et al.. Journal of global health. 2019; 9(1):010812.
Abstract Community health workers (CHWs), known as (RCom), were deployed in their communities to diagnose and treat children under five years of age presenting with diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia and refer children with severe illness to the higher-level facilities. Two of the districts in southwest Niger piloted RCom using smartphones equipped with an application to support quality case management and provide good timely clinical data
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Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Central African Region: A Review of their Mass Treatment Coverage
Wirsiy FS, Ako-Arrey DE, Njukeng PA. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health. 2019; 3(3):275-288.
Abstract Establishing specific information on the mass treatment coverage would provide a basis for prioritizing control strategies as a means to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objective of this review was to determine the mass treatment coverage trend resulting from 5 NTDs amenable to mass treatment in the Central African region.
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A Mosquito Workshop and Community Intervention: A Pilot Education Campaign to Identify Risk Factors Associated with Container Mosquitoes in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Parker C, Garcia F, Menocal O, Jeer D, Alto B. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019; 16(13).
Abstract This pilot study offers a framework for training community leaders and stakeholders to create a sustainable community-based vector control program for container mosquitoes.
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Reimagining personal and collective experiences of disability in Africa
Howell C, Lorenzo T, Sompeta-Gcaza S. Disability and the Global South. 2019; 6(2):1719-1735.
Abstract This paper explores understandings of disability in Africa through the personal and collective experiences of a group of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. It suggests that grappling more carefully with the experience of disability in Africa brings much needed voices from Africa and the global South into the field of Disability Studies and deepens these debates in valuable and necessary ways.
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Community Skin Health Journal
The International Foundation for Dermatology. 2019.
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Environmental methods for dengue vector control - A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Buhler C, Winkler V, Runge-Ranzinger S, Boyce R, Horstick O. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(7):e0007420.
Abstract Vector control remains the primary method to prevent dengue infections. Environmental interventions represent sustainable and safe methods as there are limited risks of environmental contamination and toxicity. The objective of this study is to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the following environmental methods for dengue vector control.
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Is quality affordable for community health systems? Costs of integrating quality improvement into close-to-community health programmes in five low-income and middle-income countries.
Kumar M, Madan JJ, Achieng M, et al.. BMJ Global Health. 2019; 4(4).
Abstract Countries aspiring to universal health coverage view close-to-community (CTC) providers as a low-cost means of increasing coverage. However, due to lack of coordination and unreliable funding, the quality of large-scale CTC healthcare provision is highly variable and routine data about service quality are not trustworthy. Quality improvement (QI) approaches are a means of addressing these issues, yet neither the costs nor the budget impact of integrating QI approaches into CTC programme costs have been assessed.
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Building an innovative Chagas disease program for primary care units, in an urban non- endemic city.
Pereiro A, Gold S. BMC public health. 2019; 19(1):904.
Abstract This project showed the feasibility of the primary healthcare level for early diagnosis and timely treatment of ChD. Tailor made programs and public-private associations should be considered for vulnerable populations in emerging economies in order to enhance efforts and obtain better results. This program may be replicated in other countries of Latin America were Chagas is a main public health issue and, with the corresponding adaptations, for other neglected diseases as well.
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Prevalence of Schistosoma Haematobium Measured by a Mobile Health System in an Unexplored Endemic Region in the Subprefecture of Torrock, Chad.
Lalaye D, de Bruijn ME, de Jong T. JMIR public health and surveillance. 2019; 5(2):e13359.
Abstract The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the prevalence of schistosomiasis in the subprefecture of Torrock, an endemic area in Chad where no earlier investigation had been conducted and no distribution system for pharmacotherapy has ever existed.
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A Mobile-Based Clinical Decision Support Model Design for Remote Snakebite Management Consultation in Malaysia
Ashar A, Lam M, Zainudin S, Ismail A. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. 2019; 16(5).
Abstract This paper proposed a mobile-based clinical decision support model named MyRECS for managing snakebite cases in Malaysia. Furthermore, the mobile application embedded a rules-based model for identifying snake species to obtain an accurate diagnosis. The design includes the workflow of the application, the structure of data entry, the formulation of diagnosis, and the consultation of treatment plans at every stage of clinical management.
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In Search of Congenital Chagas Disease in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Parra-Henao G, Oliveros H, Hotez PJ, Motoa G, Franco-Paredes C, Henao-Martínez AF. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2019.
Abstract This perspective discusses the associated increased morbidity and mortality of congenital Chagas in this region, where stigmatization contributes to the impression among health authorities and the general population that it affects indigenous communities only.
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Healthy People, Healthy Community: Evaluation of a train-the-trainers programme for community health workers on water, sanitation and hygiene in rural Haiti.
Yu X, Pendse A, Slifko S, Inman AG, Kong P, Knettel BA. Health Education Journal. 2019.
Abstract The CHW training programme enhanced trainees' WASH knowledge and capacity to educate JHAs to disseminate the knowledge to local residents. The train-the-trainer model offers a cost-effective strategy for building local capacity for health education.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in north Lebanon: re-emergence of an important neglected tropical disease.
El Safadi D, Merhabi S, Rafei R, Mallat H, Hamze M, Acosta-Serrano A. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019.
Abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most prevalent neglected tropical disease among externally displaced people in the Middle East. In recent years, the Lebanese population has increased >30%, mainly due to a mass influx of Syrian migrants, thousands of them carrying CL, among other infectious diseases. Here we revisit the current CL prevalence among refugees in northern Lebanon.
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Epidemiological profile and outcomes of snakebite injuries treated in emergency departments in South Korea, 2011-2016: a descriptive study.
Senek M, Kong S, Shin S, Sun K, Kim J, Ro Y. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019.
Abstract Snakebite is a global public health crisis, but there are no nationwide data on snakebite in South Korea. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological profile and outcomes of snakebite cases in South Korea seasonally.
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Assessing dengue control in Tokyo, 2014
Yuan B, Lee H, Nishiura H. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13(6).
Abstract In summer 2014, an autochthonous outbreak of dengue occurred in Tokyo, Japan, in which Yoyogi Park acted as the focal area of transmission. Recognizing the outbreak, concerted efforts were made to control viral spread, which included mosquito control, public announcement of the outbreak, and a total ban on entering the park. We sought to assess the effectiveness of these control measures.
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