TY - JOUR

T1 - An overview of human helminthioses in Vietnam

T2 - Their prevention, control and lessons learnt

AU - Nguyen, Hung Manh

AU - Do, Dung Trung

AU - Greiman, Stephen E.

AU - Nguyen, Ha Van

AU - Hoang, Hien Van

AU - Phan, Toan Quoc

AU - Pham-Duc, Phuc

AU - Madsen, Henry

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - In Vietnam, helminthioses remain a major threat to public health and contribute to the maintenance of poverty in highly endemic regions. Through increased awareness of the damaging effects caused by helminthioses, the Vietnamese government has implemented many national programs over the past 30 years for the prevention and control of the most important helminthioses, such as, lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths, food borne zoonotic helminths, and others. Various control strategies have been applied to reduce or eliminate these worms, e.g. mass drug administration, economic development, control of vectors or intermediate hosts, public health interventions through education, proper composting procedures for excreta potentially containing helminth eggs, and the expansion of food supply chains and improved technologies for the production and inspection of food products. These control measures have resulted in a significant reduction in the distribution and transmission of helminth infections and have improved the overall living conditions and health outcomes of the Vietnamese citizens. However, the persistence of several helminth diseases continues in some endemic areas, especially where poverty is widespread and local traditions include the consumption of raw foods, especially fish and meats. This manuscript provides an overview of the helminth infection prevention and control programs conducted in Vietnam, their achieved results, learned lessons, and future works.

AB - In Vietnam, helminthioses remain a major threat to public health and contribute to the maintenance of poverty in highly endemic regions. Through increased awareness of the damaging effects caused by helminthioses, the Vietnamese government has implemented many national programs over the past 30 years for the prevention and control of the most important helminthioses, such as, lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths, food borne zoonotic helminths, and others. Various control strategies have been applied to reduce or eliminate these worms, e.g. mass drug administration, economic development, control of vectors or intermediate hosts, public health interventions through education, proper composting procedures for excreta potentially containing helminth eggs, and the expansion of food supply chains and improved technologies for the production and inspection of food products. These control measures have resulted in a significant reduction in the distribution and transmission of helminth infections and have improved the overall living conditions and health outcomes of the Vietnamese citizens. However, the persistence of several helminth diseases continues in some endemic areas, especially where poverty is widespread and local traditions include the consumption of raw foods, especially fish and meats. This manuscript provides an overview of the helminth infection prevention and control programs conducted in Vietnam, their achieved results, learned lessons, and future works.

KW - Cysticercosis

KW - Food borne zoonotic parasites

KW - Lymphatic filariasis

KW - Soil-transmitted helminthes

KW - Taeniosis

KW - Toxocariosis

U2 - 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106753

DO - 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106753

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36375522

AN - SCOPUS:85141999351

VL - 238

JO - Acta Tropica

JF - Acta Tropica

SN - 0001-706X

M1 - 106753

ER -