TY - JOUR
KW - Parasitology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - schistosomiasis
KW - health inequities
KW - Preschool-aged children
KW - mass drug administration (MDA)
KW - Praziquantel
AU - Faust CL
AU - Osakunor DN
AU - Downs JA
AU - Kayuni S
AU - Stothard JR
AU - Lamberton PHL
AU - Reinhard-Rupp J
AU - Rollinson D
AB - Despite accelerating progress towards schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa, several age groups have been eclipsed by current treatment and monitoring strategies that mainly focus on school-aged children. As schistosomiasis poses a threat to people of all ages, unfortunate gaps exist in current treatment coverage and associated monitoring efforts, preventing subsequent health benefits to preschool-aged children as well as certain adolescents and adults. Expanding access to younger ages through the forthcoming pediatric praziquantel formulation and improving treatment coverage in older ages is essential. This should occur alongside formal inclusion of these groups in large-scale monitoring and evaluation activities. Current omission of these age groups from treatment and monitoring exacerbates health inequities and has long-term consequences for sustainable schistosomiasis control.
BT - Trends in Parasitology
DO - 10.1016/j.pt.2020.04.012
LA - eng
N2 - Despite accelerating progress towards schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa, several age groups have been eclipsed by current treatment and monitoring strategies that mainly focus on school-aged children. As schistosomiasis poses a threat to people of all ages, unfortunate gaps exist in current treatment coverage and associated monitoring efforts, preventing subsequent health benefits to preschool-aged children as well as certain adolescents and adults. Expanding access to younger ages through the forthcoming pediatric praziquantel formulation and improving treatment coverage in older ages is essential. This should occur alongside formal inclusion of these groups in large-scale monitoring and evaluation activities. Current omission of these age groups from treatment and monitoring exacerbates health inequities and has long-term consequences for sustainable schistosomiasis control.
PB - Elsevier BV
PY - 2020
T2 - Trends in Parasitology
TI - Schistosomiasis Control: Leave No Age Group Behind
UR - https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1471492220301094?token=3C3D5E4231CCB709D3C4A7E7D170A458B72D492F85216915B309DE3F3C62364F59314A5A8B8328D523B3235924498D52
SN - 1471-4922
ER -