TY - JOUR
KW - Schistosomiasis control
KW - mass drug administration (MDA)
AU - Oyeyemi OT
AB - Background: Schistosomiasis has continued to plague low-resource areas of the Nigerian population. Mass drug administration (MDA) has been the only adopted interventional program for decades. However, it appears this effort does not culminate in transmission and morbidity reduction.

Purpose: To highlight the current situation of schistosomiasis in Nigeria, why MDA alone cannot achieve the expected result, identify research needs, and promotion of integrated control approach for schistosomiasis.

Method: A viewpoint based on practices, research findings, and personal and professional experience in the field of schistosomiasis control.

Conclusion: This viewpoint strongly advocates a commitment to the integrated control approach through the development of robust schistosomiasis control policy for the country. It stressed the need for research priorities in neglected areas of schistosomiasis that are germane for control of the disease. The government’s willpower to implement important recommendations from research outcomes is important to achieve success.
BT - Annals of Global Health
DO - 10.5334/aogh.2930
IS - 1
LA - eng
N2 - Background: Schistosomiasis has continued to plague low-resource areas of the Nigerian population. Mass drug administration (MDA) has been the only adopted interventional program for decades. However, it appears this effort does not culminate in transmission and morbidity reduction.

Purpose: To highlight the current situation of schistosomiasis in Nigeria, why MDA alone cannot achieve the expected result, identify research needs, and promotion of integrated control approach for schistosomiasis.

Method: A viewpoint based on practices, research findings, and personal and professional experience in the field of schistosomiasis control.

Conclusion: This viewpoint strongly advocates a commitment to the integrated control approach through the development of robust schistosomiasis control policy for the country. It stressed the need for research priorities in neglected areas of schistosomiasis that are germane for control of the disease. The government’s willpower to implement important recommendations from research outcomes is important to achieve success.
PB - Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
PY - 2020
T2 - Annals of Global Health
TI - Schistosomiasis Control in Nigeria: Moving Round the Circle?
VL - 86
SN - 2214-9996
ER -