Despite great medical advances and scientific progress over the past century, one billion people globally still lack access to basic health care services. In the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve...
Authors: Beatrice Halpaap, Rosanna W. Peeling and François Bonnici
This commentary highlights the value of community-engaged social innovations to advance health care delivery in low- and middle-income countries and to accelerate universal health coverage. It emphasizes the i...
Authors: John C. Reeder, Marie-Paule Kieny, Rosanna Peeling and François Bonnici
Dengue is a global disease, transmitted by the Aedes vectors. In 2018, there were 80 615 dengue cases with 147 deaths in Malaysia. Currently, the nationwide surveillance programs are dependent on Aedes larval sur...
Authors: Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Sivaneswari Selvarajoo, Wing Tan, Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki and Indra Vythilingam
Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) is the current mainstay to control tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Context-specific adaptations of DOTS have impending implications in the fight against TB. In Eth...
Authors: Faisal Nooh, Lisa Crump, Abdiwahab Hashi, Rea Tschopp, Esther Schelling, Klaus Reither, Jan Hattendorf, Seid M. Ali, Brigit Obrist, Jürg Utzinger and Jakob Zinsstag
In 2009 Ghana began to design a trachoma pre-validation surveillance plan, based on then-current WHO recommendations. The plan aimed to identify active trachoma resurgence and identify and manage trichiasis ca...
Authors: Laura Senyonjo, Agatha Aboe, Robin Bailey, David Agyemang, Benjamin Marfo, Seth Wanye, Elena Schmidt, James Addy and Karl Blanchet
There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduc...
Authors: Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marina Kugler, An Hotterbeekx, Adam Hendy, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden and Robert Colebunders
Population attributable fraction (PAF) refers to the proportion of all cases with a particular outcome in a population that could be prevented by eliminating a specific exposure. The authors of a recent paper ...
Authors: Ahmad Khosravi and Mohammad Ali Mansournia
Gonorrhea and chlamydia testing rates are poor among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). A quasi-experimental study suggested that a pay-it-forward strategy increased dual gonorrhea/chlamydia testing amon...
Authors: Tiange P. Zhang, Fan Yang, Weiming Tang, Marcus Alexander, Laura Forastiere, Navin Kumar, Katherine Li, Fei Zou, Ligang Yang, Guodong Mi, Yehua Wang, Wenting Huang, Amy Lee, Weizan Zhu, Peter Vickerman, Dan Wu…
Most species of Triatominae live exclusively in Latin America. However, one species, Triatoma rubrofasciata, has been recorded in the Americas as well as in various port areas in Africa and Asia. An increasing nu...
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in response to the call proposed at the 50th World Health Assembly. The goal of the GPELF is to ensure that all the countries where t...
The development and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Greater Mekong Subregion has created impetus for continuing global monitoring of efficacy of artemisinin-based combination ther...
Authors: Akintunde Sowunmi, Godwin Ntadom, Kazeem Akano, Folasade O. Ibironke, Adejumoke I. Ayede, Chimere Agomo, Onikepe A. Folarin, Grace O. Gbotosho, Christian Happi, Stephen Oguche, Henrietta U. Okafor, Martin Meremikwu, Philip Agomo, William Ogala, Ismaila Watila, Olugbenga Mokuolu…
In addition to providing free hepatitis B vaccine (HBvacc) series to all infants in China since 2005, the national programme on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) sta...
Authors: Ya-Ping Qiao, Min Su, Yao Song, Xiao-Yan Wang, Zhen Li, Yan-Lin Li, Li-Xia Dou, Qian Wang, Katrina Hann, Guo-Min Zhang, Xiao-Na Huang, Yu-Ning Yang, Xi Jin and Ai-Ling Wang
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health problem in China. To scale up TB control, an innovative programme entitled the ‘China-Gates Foundation Collaboration on TB Control in China was initiated in 200...
Authors: Yan-Jiao Xin, Li Xiang, Jun-Nan Jiang, Henry Lucas, Sheng-Lan Tang and Fei Huang
Over 90% of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected individuals will be on treatment by 2020 under UNAIDS 90–90-90 global targets. Under World Health Organisation (WHO) “Treat All” approach, this number wi...
Echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus is one of the most major infectious diseases in north-west highland of China. E. granulosus sensu strict, E. multilocularis, and E. canadensis are known to be the only three ...
Authors: Jing-Ye Shang, Guang-Jia Zhang, Sha Liao, Yan Huang, Wen-Jie Yu, Wei He, Guang-You Yang, Tiao-Ying Li, Xing-Wang Chen, Bo Zhong, Qian Wang, Qi Wang, Rui-Rui Li and Hao Wang
The wetlands used for some agricultural activities constitute productive breeding sites for many mosquito species. Thus, the agricultural use of insecticide targeting other pests may select for insecticide res...
Authors: Chouaïbou Seïdou Mouhamadou, Sarah Souline de Souza, Behi Kouadio Fodjo, Marius Gonse Zoh, Nestor Kesse Bli and Benjamin Guibehi Koudou
In a recent article we discussed the feasibility of onchocerciasis elimination in Africa by 2025. We expressed concern that elimination may be impeded by failure to build on the lessons learned in the African ...
Authors: Yankum Dadzie, Uche V. Amazigo, Boakye A. Boatin and Azodoga Sékétéli
Citation:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:62
Published on: 15 July 2019
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:50
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:52
A recent article “Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes” in Infectious Diseases of Poverty claimed that undue influenc...
Authors: Frank O. Richards, B. E. B. Nwoke, Isam Zarroug, Edridah Tukahebwa, Nebiyu Negussu, T. B. Higazi, David Oguttu, Zerihun Tadesse, Emmanuel Miri, Nabil Aziz, Peace Habomugisha and Moses Katabarwa
Citation:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:52
Published on: 15 July 2019
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2018
7:63
In response to the recent publication “Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes” by Dadzie et al., it is important to ...
Authors: Ed Cupp, Mauricio Sauerbrey, Vitaliano Cama, Mark Eberhard, Patrick J. Lammie and Thomas R. Unnasch
Citation:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:50
Published on: 15 July 2019
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2018
7:63
China has achieved zero indigenous malaria case report in 2017. However, along with the increasing of international cooperation development, there is an increasing number of imported malaria cases from Chinese...
Authors: Shao-Sen Zhang, Jun Feng, Li Zhang, Xiang Ren, Elizabeth Geoffroy, Sylvie Manguin, Roger Frutos and Shui-Sen Zhou
Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm species Onchocerca volvulus, is a serious vector-borne neglected tropical disease (NTD) of public health and socioeconomic concern. It is transmitted ...
Authors: Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher, Zeleke Mekonnen, Delenasaw Yewhalaw and Asrat Hailu
Mother to child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains the most common form of HBV infection in China. Prevention of HBV vertical transmission involves timely administration of the complete hepatitis ...
Authors: Hui Zheng, Guo-Min Zhang, Po-Lin Chan, Fu-Zhen Wang, Lance Everett Rodewald, Ning Miao, Xiao-Jin Sun, Zun-Dong Yin, Jeffrey Edwards and Hua-Qing Wang
There was no global guidance or agreement regarding when a country has an adequate system to report on the service packages among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) key populations. This article describes an a...
Authors: Jinkou Zhao, Sonia Arias Garcia, Ed Ngoksin, Jesus Maria Garcia Calleja, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Sandra Kuzmanovska, Nicholas Oliphant, David Lowrance, Nathalie Zorzi, Peter M. Hansen and Keith Sabin
Tuberculosis (TB) patient management (TPM) is crucial to improve patient compliance to treatment. The coverage of TPM delivered by TB dispensaries or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was not hi...
Authors: Jie Pu, Wei Chen, Wei-Xi Jiang, Wei Xing, Sheng-Xiang Liang, Geng Wang, Shi-Li Liu, Hao Wu, Ying Li and Sheng-Lan Tang
Baseline mapping of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among school age children (SAC) in 2008–2009 found high or moderate prevalence in 13 of the 14 districts in Sierra Leone. Following these surveys,...
Authors: Yakuba Mohamed Bah, Mohamed Salieu Bah, Jusufu Paye, Abdulai Conteh, Sam Saffa, Alie Tia, Mustapha Sonnie, Amy Veinoglou, Joseph J. Amon, Mary Hamer Hodges and Yaobi Zhang
Scrub typhus is a life-threatening disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, and specific antimicrobial medicine is available. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential for reducing the risk of severe complicatio...
Authors: Hua-Lei Xin, Jian-Xing Yu, Mao-Gui Hu, Fa-Chun Jiang, Xiao-Jing Li, Li-Ping Wang, Ji-Lei Huang, Jin-Feng Wang, Jun-Ling Sun and Zhong-Jie Li
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). SFTSV has been found in humans, ticks and animals, and ...
Authors: Xue-Yong Huang, Yan-Hua Du, Hai-Feng Wang, Ai-Guo You, Yi Li, Jia Su, Yi-Fei Nie, Hong-Xia Ma and Bian-Li Xu
There are limited nationally representative studies globally in the post-2015 END tuberculosis (TB) era regarding wealth related inequity in the distribution of catastrophic costs due to TB care. Under the Chi...
Authors: Cai-Hong Xu, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Yin-Yin Xia, Li-Xia Wang, Yan Liu, Hui Zhang and Li Wang
An “integrated control” strategy has been implemented within seven provinces at highest risk for schistosomiasis along Yangtze River in Peoples’ Republic of China (P. R. China) since 2004. Since Oncomelania hupen...
Authors: Si-Min Dai, Jeffrey Edwards, Zhou Guan, Shan Lv, Shi-Zhu Li, Li-Juan Zhang, Jun Feng, Ning Feng, Xiao-Nong Zhou and Jing Xu
The role of governance in strengthening tuberculosis (TB) control has received little research attention. This review provides evidence of how institutional designs and organisational practices influence imple...
Authors: Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor and Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe
Despite efforts to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases remain widely prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent data suggest that these infections are pr...
Authors: Hlengiwe Sacolo-Gwebu, Moses Chimbari and Chester Kalinda
Infectious diseases encompass a large spectrum of diseases that threaten human health, and coinfection is of particular importance because pathogen species can interact within the host. Currently, the antagoni...
Authors: Shi-Shi Shen, Xiao-Yan Qu, Wei-Zhe Zhang, Jian Li and Zhi-Yue Lv
Both passive and active surveillance of drug resistance have an important role in tuberculosis (TB) control program. Surveillance data are important to estimate the magnitude of drug resistance TB, to know the...
Strongyloidiasis is a gastrointestinal infection caused by the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. It is estimated to infect up to 370 million people globally and is predominately found in tropical and ...
Authors: Yitagele Terefe, Kirstin Ross and Harriet Whiley
The climate variables that directly influence vector-borne diseases’ ecosystems are mainly temperature and rainfall. This is not only because the vectors bionomics are strongly dependent upon these variables, ...
Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is closely associated with poverty in China, and poor patients face more barriers to treatment. Using an insurance-based approach, the China-Gates TB program Phase II was implement...
Authors: Di Dong, Wei-Xi Jiang, Qian Long, Fei Huang, Hui Zhang, Jia-Ying Chen, Li Xiang, Qiang Li, Sheng-Lan Tang and Henry Lucas
A key issue in achieving and sustaining malaria elimination is the need to prevent local transmission arising from imported cases of malaria. The likelihood of this occurring depends on a range of local factor...
Authors: Lei Lei, Jack S. Richards, Zhi-Hong Li, Yan-Feng Gong, Shao-Zai Zhang and Ning Xiao
Authors: Tie-Wu Jia, Wei Wang, Le-Ping Sun, Shan Lv, Kun Yang, Neng-Min Zhang, Xi-Bao Huang, Jian-Bing Liu, Han-Cheng Liu, Rui-Hua Liu, Fathia A. Gawish, Mohamed R. Habib, Mohamed A. El-Emam, Charles H. King and Xiao-Nong Zhou
Citation:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:42
Published on: 6 June 2019
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:27
The Kato-Katz technique is recommended worldwide for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis, detecting parasite eggs in feces of infected people. However, new tests have been developed in order to facilit...
Authors: Sergei Rodrigo Magalhães de Sousa, Isabelle Helena Lima Dias, Álvaro Luan Santana Fonseca, Bianca Rodrigues Contente, Joyce Favacho Cardoso Nogueira, Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira, Stefan Michael Geiger and Martin Johannes Enk
In 2017, the Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the University of Oslo in collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Nora...
Authors: Katharina Klohe, John Amuasi, Joyce Moriku Kaducu, Ingeborg Haavardsson, Ekaterina Bogatyreva, Kristine Husøy Onarheim, Wendy Harrison, Frederik Kristensen, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa and Andrea S. Winkler
The island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR), is the only remaining malaria-endemic island in the Caribbean and accounts for 95% of the lymphatic filariasis (LF) burden in the Amer...
Authors: Hunter M. Keys, Gregory S. Noland, Madsen Beau De Rochars, Stephen Blount and Manuel Gonzales
Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in nine of the eleven Member States of the World Health Organization South East Asia Region. This article describes the intensive interventions with the National Programme for E...
Drylands, which are among the biosphere’s most naturally limiting and environmentally variable ecosystems, constitute three-quarters of the African continent. As a result, environmental sustainability and huma...
Authors: Bruce A. Wilcox, Pierre Echaubard, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky and Bernadette Ramirez
In a study from the onchocerciasis-endemic area of Mahenge in southern Tanzania, Mmbando et al. [Inf Dis Poverty. 2018;7:64] demonstrate that in four selected villages the overall epilepsy prevalence was high,...
Authors: Christoph Kaiser, Bruno P. Mmbando, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Mohamed Mnacho, Advocatus Kakorozya, William Matuja, Adam Hendy, Helena Greter, Williams H. Makunde and Robert Colebunders
In onchocerciasis-endemic areas, particularly in those with a sub-optimal onchocerciasis control programme, a high prevalence of epilepsy is observed. Both onchocerciasis and epilepsy are stigmatizing conditio...
Authors: Sarah O’Neill, Julia Irani, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Denis Nono, Catherine Abbo, Yasuaki Sato, Augustine Mugarura, Housseini Dolo, Maya Ronse, Alfred K. Njamnshi and Robert Colebunders
In the original publication of this article [1], there is an error in the section of ‘Ethics approval and consent to participate’ at the end of the article, the correct Ethics reference number should be HE5514...
Authors: Kavin Thinkhamrop, Narong Khuntikeo, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Wilaiphorn Thinkhamrop, Kinley Wangdi, Matthew J. Kelly, Apiporn T. Suwannatrai and Darren J. Gray
Citation:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:33
Published on: 16 May 2019
The
original article was published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019
8:18
Reports of natural infections of Schistosoma mansoni in a number of species of nonhuman primates (NHPs) in Africa, coupled with the substantial overlap of NHP habitats and human schistosomiasis endemic areas, has...
Authors: Lindsay Richards, Berhanu Erko, Keerati Ponpetch, Sadie J. Ryan and Song Liang
This study is aimed to estimate the epidemiological burden of dengue in Odisha, India using the disability adjusted life year (DALY) methods and to explore the associated factors in the year 2010–2016. During ...
Authors: Subhashisa Swain, Minakshi Bhatt, Sanghamitra Pati and Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes
In 2012, the Ugandan Government declared an epidemic of Nodding Syndrome (NS) in the Northern districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader. Treatment guidelines were developed and NS treatment centres were estab...
Authors: Catherine Abbo, Amos Deogratius Mwaka, Bernard Toliva Opar and Richard Idro
