JOKISOKEUS, ikävä tauti tropiikissa
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/02/health/river-blindness/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
- Ruotsin smi.se antama informaatio jokisokeudesta
http://www.smi.se/sjukdomar/onchocerciasis/
- Suomessa tästä on Matkailijan terveysoppaassa maininta
http://www.terveyskirjasto.fi/terveyskirjasto/mtk.koti
- Jokisokeus kuuluu NTD tautien ryhmään, joita koetetaan vähentää tai juurtaa maailamsta.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23095679
Parasit Vectors. 2012 Oct 24;5:240. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-240. The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination.
ABSTRACT:
Neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic diseases and
related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2·7
billion people globally living on less than US$2 per day. In response to
the growing challenge of NTDs, Ethiopia is preparing to launch a NTD
Master Plan. The purpose of this
review is to underscore the burden of NTDs in Ethiopia, highlight the state of current interventions, and suggest ways forward.
- This review
indicates that NTDs are significant public health problems in Ethiopia.
From the analysis reported here, Ethiopia stands out for having the
largest number of NTD cases following Nigeria and the Democratic
Republic of Congo. Ethiopia is estimated to have the highest burden of
- trachoma,
- podoconiosis and
- cutaneous leishmaniasis in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA),
- the second highest burden in terms of
- ascariasis,
- leprosy
- and
visceral leishmaniasis, and
- the third highest burden of
- hookworm.
- Infections such as schistosomiasis, trichuriasis, lymphatic filariasis
and rabies are also common.
- A third of Ethiopians are infected with
ascariasis, one quarter is infected with trichuriasis and one in eight
Ethiopians lives with hookworm or is infected with trachoma.
- However,
despite these high burdens of infection, the control of most NTDs in
Ethiopia is in its infancy.
- In terms of NTD control achievements,
Ethiopia reached the leprosy elimination target of 1 case/10,000
population in 1999.
- No cases of human African trypanosomiasis have been
reported since 1984.
- Guinea worm eradication is in its final phase.
- The Onchocerciasis
Control Program has been making steady progress since 2001.
- A national
blindness survey was conducted in 2006 and the trachoma program has
kicked off in some regions.
- Lymphatic Filariasis, podoconiosis and
rabies mapping are underway.
CONCLUSION:
Ethiopia bears a
significant burden of NTDs compared to other SSA countries. To achieve
success in integrated control of NTDs, integrated mapping, rapid scale
up of interventions and operational research into co implementation of
intervention packages will be crucial.