PMID: 2111099May 1, 1990Paper

Evaluation of UNICEF/Arab Republic of Egypt/WHO schistosomiasis Control Project in Beheira Governorate

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
H C SpencerB L Cline

Abstract

We evaluated the UNICEF/Government of Egypt/WHO Schistosomiasis Control project in 2 districts of Beheira Governorate of the Nile Delta during 3 weeks in February 1988. The project, begun in 1983, was focused on reducing prevalence, intensity, and morbidity due to schistosomiasis by providing diagnosis and treatment with praziquantel to schoolchildren. Schools were visited twice. Following the completion of the school surveys, the program was extended into the community. Chemotherapy was delivered by mobile and static teams. The evaluation indicated that, with respect to accuracy of diagnosis, record-keeping, and coverage of targeted populations, project tasks were performed exceedingly well by highly motivated, well-supervised mobile teams. Static teams in rural health centers were less successful in providing diagnosis and chemotherapy to village populations. We resurveyed 6 randomly selected schools to assess the impact of chemotherapy. Overall, the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection was reduced from 60.3% to 24.8% between the first and second surveys (approximately 1 year apart) and was still lower (41.1%) than initial levels up to 3 years after the last treatment with praziquantel. The percentages of those with gr...Continue Reading

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Sep 15, 1998·Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH·S El Katsha, S Watts
Jan 1, 1997·International Quarterly of Community Health Education·S SallamO Galal
Aug 12, 2016·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Hany Abdel-AleemGhada S T Al-Attar

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