An overview of human helminthioses in Vietnam: Their prevention, control and lessons learnt
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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.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 106753 |
| Tidsskrift | Acta Tropica |
| Vol/bind | 238 |
| ISSN | 0001-706X |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
This study was funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology (NAFOSTED) under grant number 106.05‒2018.17 .
Funding Information:
Control of helminth disease is directly related to the ability to reduce or eliminate transmission of the parasite. Based on the knowledge of these parasites general biology, ecology, and epidemiology, a combination of economic reforms, mass drug preventive treatment programs, vector/intermediate host control measures, and other public health intervention strategies were applied to reduce infection rate. These activities have been implemented under national control programs and are partially supported by international organizations, such as the WHO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United States Agency for International Development, Danish International Development Agency, International Development Research Centre, and others. The measures implemented were not only directed at reducing/eliminating the outbreak of parasitic diseases but also to produce appropriate surveillance systems for long term monitoring in Vietnam. As of now, these measures (economic reforms, mass drug preventive treatment programs, vector/intermediate host control measures, and other public health interventions) have not been applied independently for controlling helminthioses, but instead, at least two (economic reforms and mass drug treatment), three (economic reforms, mass drug treatment, public health interventions), or all measures have been integrated and applied together.
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