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Linking disease control programmes in rural Africa: a pro-poor strategy to reach Abuja targets and millennium development goals

BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1129 (Published 06 May 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:1129

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    Table A Further health initiatives that could be linked with malaria control programmes

     

    Guinea worm

    Leprosy

    Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)

    Objective

    Certified global eradication of dracunculiasis

    Elimination as a public health problem, less than 1 case per 10,000

    Elimination as a public health problem

    Programme strategy or intervention

    Surveillance, case containment, clean water provision, filtration, abate treatment for intermediate host (Cyclops) control

    - Ensure access to MDT.

    - Sustain and expand MDT service.

    - Encourage self reporting and early treatment.

    - Monitor MDT service performance and quality of care.

    Surveillance diagnosis and treatment. Vector control where appropriate.

    Affected regions

    Transmission certified as eliminated globally except in 12 African countries

    At the end of 2001, 14 countries had prevalence above 1/10 000 population distributed in all tropical regions

    28 sub-Saharan African countries


     

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