disease elimination
Advocating for malaria elimination learning from the successes of other infectious disease elimination programmes
... Malaria elimination is back on the agenda, but it remains challenging for countries to make the transition from effective control to ...globally-coordinated elimination advocacy campaigns, and advocacy has ...
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of the Ebola epidemic in Guinea and implications for vaccination and disease elimination: a computational modeling analysis
... the disease elimination phase in Guinea could be explained by fluctu- ations in the level of CT that, although adequate to pre- vent resurgence of a large epidemic [25], were not enough for timely ...
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Advocating for malaria elimination - learning from the successes of other infectious disease elimination programmes
... Malaria elimination is back on the agenda, but it remains challenging for countries to make the transition from effective control to ...globally-coordinated elimination advocacy campaigns, and advocacy has ...
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Review of malaria situation in Cameroon: technical viewpoint on challenges and prospects for disease elimination
... Anopheles funestus is a group of 11 species distributed across Africa. In Cameroon four species have been reported including An. funestus, An. leesoni, An. rivulorum and An. rivulorum-like which differ from the type-form ...
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The problem of detrending when analysing potential indicators of disease elimination
... on disease emergence, addressing the difficulty of detrending seasonal infections ( Miller et ...predict disease emergence, even when the data are aggregated and subject to reporting errors, provided that the ...
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Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleeping sickness programme in Uganda
... global elimination programmes is import- ant as conflict-affected regions are often the places where disease is most intractable ...for elimination of sleeping sickness (a fatal parasitic infection ...
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Review of malaria situation in Cameroon: technical viewpoint on challenges and prospects for disease elimination
... far malaria prevention through the use of vector control measures is considered to be highly cost-effective than other control interventions (e.g. mass drug administra- tion) and scale-up has to be prioritized in all ...
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Bayesian calibration of simulation models for supporting management of the elimination of the macroparasitic disease, Lymphatic Filariasis
... for reliably integrating LF transmission models with di- verse infection data, including site-specific information on the key drivers of parasite transmission, for the pur- pose of: 1) improving learning about the ...
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The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Pujehun, Sierra Leone: epidemiology and impact of interventions
... hospitalization), we found that the probability of elimin- ating an otherwise large outbreak increased from 38.2 % (95 % CI, 36.0–40.3) to 73.6 % (95 % CI, 72.3–74.9) by increasing the number of EVD beds from 1 to 20 ...
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration
... the elimination of lymphatic filariasis ...the elimination of ...towards elimination of LF in some countries while acknowledging some ...2020 elimination goal can be achieved if issues ...
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Reaching the last mile: main challenges relating to and recommendations to accelerate onchocerciasis elimination in Africa
... successful elimination of onchocerciasis requires routine monitoring of factors that may affect program sustainability and evaluation of progress of CDTI ...national elimination programs need to expand drug ...
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Elimination of tropical disease through surveillance and response
... national elimination programme in the develo- ping countries ...rapid elimination of foci of all infections, both symptomatic and asymptomatic ...for disease elimination have not been fully ...
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World Rabies Day campaign in the Philippines
... Rabies Elimination Strategy; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; DA-BAI: Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry; DENR: Department of Environment and Natural Resources; DepEd: ...
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Mapping a Plasmodium transmission spatial suitability index in Solomon Islands: a malaria monitoring and control tool
... Results: Key environmental preferences for the An. farauti were: distance to coastline, elevation, and availability of water sources. Based on these variables, a model was developed to provide a TSI. This TSI was ...
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Probiotics and Periodontal Disease - A Review
... suppressed the re-colonization of Porphyromonas gulae (canine P. gingivalis) and P.intermedia in a beagle dog model. Animal study performed to test the concept of bacterial replacement therapy in the treatment of plaque ...
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Settings and design : This was a Prospective study. Materials and methods: The study was carried out for 12 months and it included 45 new cases. Results: A total of 45 cases were registered during this period, 34 of them being males. Maximum number
... detection, self care, physiotherapy, and developing sound surveillance systems. The decision regarding declaration of strategies pertaining to eradication, elimination or control should be left to scientific ...
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Variability in metabolic parameters and risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based study
... This study has the strength of using a large-scale na- tionwide database representing the entire Korean popu- lation. Whereas other studies mostly focused on diseased patients, we excluded subjects with hyperten- sion, ...
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Assessment of the impact of the malaria elimination programme on the burden of disease morbidity in endemic areas of Iran
... malaria elimination programme com- menced in 2010, a variable was introduced to differenti- ate the time before the implementation of elimination programme, which routine control activities were put into ...
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A case of leprosy in Malawi. Making the final push towards eradication: a clinical and public health perspective
... In conclusion, beyond the optimal implementation of WHO strategies, global eradication requires the develop- ment of national initiatives that detect and treat early- stage disease. There is also a need for novel ...
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Pivotal Role of Antibody and Subsidiary Contribution of CD8+ T Cells to Recovery from Infection in a Murine Model of Japanese Encephalitis
... Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne fla- vivirus belonging to the JEV serocomplex, which also includes the closely related viruses Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) and West Nile virus (WNV). In ...
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