A Comprehensive Public Health Conceptual Framework and Strategy to Effectively Combat Cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand

  Between 93 and 318 cases of CCA per 100,000 people per year have been reported from Khon Kaen in northeast Thailand [24], with the incidence appearing to increase, not decrease [25,26]. [...]although the prevalence of opisthorchiasis has, on average, decreased, the incidence continues to be high....

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-01, Vol.10 (1), p.e0004293-e0004293
Main Authors: Khuntikeo, Narong, Loilome, Watcharin, Thinkhamrop, Bandit, Chamadol, Nittaya, Yongvanit, Puangrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antigens
Bile Duct Neoplasms - epidemiology
Bile Duct Neoplasms - parasitology
Bile Duct Neoplasms - prevention & control
Biology and Life Sciences
Cholangiocarcinoma - epidemiology
Cholangiocarcinoma - parasitology
Cholangiocarcinoma - prevention & control
Clonorchiasis - epidemiology
Clonorchiasis - parasitology
Clonorchiasis - prevention & control
Health education
Health promotion
Infections
Liver
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine, Preventive
Methods
Mortality
Opisthorchis - classification
Opisthorchis - genetics
Opisthorchis - isolation & purification
People and Places
Policy Platform
Prevention
Preventive health services
Public Health
Public health administration
Research and Analysis Methods
Thailand - epidemiology
Urine
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Summary:  Between 93 and 318 cases of CCA per 100,000 people per year have been reported from Khon Kaen in northeast Thailand [24], with the incidence appearing to increase, not decrease [25,26]. [...]although the prevalence of opisthorchiasis has, on average, decreased, the incidence continues to be high. If conventional strategies are implemented that passively tackle the problem without new, proactive approaches, and if health professionals, both at the clinical and fundamental medical research levels, are not given the opportunity to expand their expertise or be equipped with the latest technology, then the rural communities of northeast Thailand will continue to suffer from this fatal disease for an extended period of time.
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004293