Mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: towards a policy framework

Summary As national programmes respond to the new opportunities presented for scaling up preventive chemotherapy programmes for the coadministration of drugs to target lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and trachoma, possible synergies between exis...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010, Vol.375 (9710), p.231-238
Main Authors: Baker, MC, Dr, Mathieu, E, MD, Fleming, FM, MSc, Deming, M, MD, King, JD, MPH, Garba, A, MD, Koroma, JB, MD, Bockarie, M, Prof, Kabore, A, MD, Sankara, DP, MD, Molyneux, DH, Prof
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Developing Countries
Elephantiasis, Filarial - diagnosis
Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology
General aspects
Health Policy
Helminthiasis - diagnosis
Helminthiasis - epidemiology
Helminthiasis - transmission
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Onchocerciasis - diagnosis
Onchocerciasis - epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases - diagnosis
Parasitic Diseases - epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases - prevention & control
Population Surveillance
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Schistosoma
Schistosomiasis - diagnosis
Schistosomiasis - epidemiology
Trachoma - diagnosis
Trachoma - epidemiology
Tropical Climate
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Summary:Summary As national programmes respond to the new opportunities presented for scaling up preventive chemotherapy programmes for the coadministration of drugs to target lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and trachoma, possible synergies between existing disease-specific policies and protocols need to be examined. In this report we compare present policies for mapping, monitoring, and surveillance for these diseases, drawing attention to both the challenges and opportunities for integration. Although full integration of all elements of mapping, monitoring, and surveillance strategies might not be feasible for the diseases targeted through the preventive chemotherapy approach, there are opportunities for integration, and we present examples of integrated strategies. Finally, if advantage is to be taken of scaled up interventions to address neglected tropical diseases, efforts to develop rapid, inexpensive, and easy-to-use methods, whether disease-specific or integrated, should be increased. We present a framework for development of an integrated monitoring and evaluation system that combines both integrated and disease-specific strategies.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61458-6