An overview of human helminthioses in Vietnam: Their prevention, control and lessons learnt
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An overview of human helminthioses in Vietnam : Their prevention, control and lessons learnt. / Nguyen, Hung Manh; Do, Dung Trung; Greiman, Stephen E.; Nguyen, Ha Van; Hoang, Hien Van; Phan, Toan Quoc; Pham-Duc, Phuc; Madsen, Henry.
I: Acta Tropica, Bind 238, 106753, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - An overview of human helminthioses in Vietnam
T2 - Their prevention, control and lessons learnt
AU - Nguyen, Hung Manh
AU - Do, Dung Trung
AU - Greiman, Stephen E.
AU - Nguyen, Ha Van
AU - Hoang, Hien Van
AU - Phan, Toan Quoc
AU - Pham-Duc, Phuc
AU - Madsen, Henry
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In Vietnam, helminthioses remain a major threat to public health and contribute to the maintenance of poverty in highly endemic regions. Through increased awareness of the damaging effects caused by helminthioses, the Vietnamese government has implemented many national programs over the past 30 years for the prevention and control of the most important helminthioses, such as, lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths, food borne zoonotic helminths, and others. Various control strategies have been applied to reduce or eliminate these worms, e.g. mass drug administration, economic development, control of vectors or intermediate hosts, public health interventions through education, proper composting procedures for excreta potentially containing helminth eggs, and the expansion of food supply chains and improved technologies for the production and inspection of food products. These control measures have resulted in a significant reduction in the distribution and transmission of helminth infections and have improved the overall living conditions and health outcomes of the Vietnamese citizens. However, the persistence of several helminth diseases continues in some endemic areas, especially where poverty is widespread and local traditions include the consumption of raw foods, especially fish and meats. This manuscript provides an overview of the helminth infection prevention and control programs conducted in Vietnam, their achieved results, learned lessons, and future works.
AB - In Vietnam, helminthioses remain a major threat to public health and contribute to the maintenance of poverty in highly endemic regions. Through increased awareness of the damaging effects caused by helminthioses, the Vietnamese government has implemented many national programs over the past 30 years for the prevention and control of the most important helminthioses, such as, lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths, food borne zoonotic helminths, and others. Various control strategies have been applied to reduce or eliminate these worms, e.g. mass drug administration, economic development, control of vectors or intermediate hosts, public health interventions through education, proper composting procedures for excreta potentially containing helminth eggs, and the expansion of food supply chains and improved technologies for the production and inspection of food products. These control measures have resulted in a significant reduction in the distribution and transmission of helminth infections and have improved the overall living conditions and health outcomes of the Vietnamese citizens. However, the persistence of several helminth diseases continues in some endemic areas, especially where poverty is widespread and local traditions include the consumption of raw foods, especially fish and meats. This manuscript provides an overview of the helminth infection prevention and control programs conducted in Vietnam, their achieved results, learned lessons, and future works.
KW - Cysticercosis
KW - Food borne zoonotic parasites
KW - Lymphatic filariasis
KW - Soil-transmitted helminthes
KW - Taeniosis
KW - Toxocariosis
U2 - 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106753
DO - 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106753
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36375522
AN - SCOPUS:85141999351
VL - 238
JO - Acta Tropica
JF - Acta Tropica
SN - 0001-706X
M1 - 106753
ER -
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