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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Karun, Vivek
• Hotez, Peter J
• Rosengart, Todd K
• Lustigman, Sara

Titel

Global surgery and the neglected tropical diseases

Ist Teil von

• PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017-09, Vol.11 (9), p.e0005563-e0005563

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In addition to the health burden, people suffering from chronic LF complications could incur losses of up to 30% in productivity, translating to the economic loss of hundreds of millions of dollars each year [13,14,15].[...]MMDP must be implemented in conjunction with MDA to achieve the elimination of LF as a health and economic burden, and surgical care is a crucial part of this effort.Some of the barriers to low uptake that have been identified are lack of awareness, direct and indirect costs, and distance to services [9].[...]local promotion strategies, such as using village leaders to encourage patients to seek care at health facilities, have been proposed as strategies to increase surgical access [9].Similar research has been done in using community health workers in tackling local disease burden in other NTDs, including leprosy [22].[...]there must be a push toward the allocation of resources toward specialized training of primary healthcare workers for simple procedures and recognition of a cadre of specialist healthcare workers by the ministries of health with regards to NTDs, primarily LF and trachoma.According to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their NTD program, they currently “also provide support to countries to assist with morbidity management and disability prevention, with a focus on high-quality treatment and care” [23].