Background There is a strong,bi-directional link between tuberculosis(TB)and undernutrition:TB often causes undernutrition,and undernourished people are more likely to contract TB and experience worse outcomes.Globall...
Background With some 134,073,166 people living in endemic communities at risk of infection[1],Nigeria is the most endemic country in Africa and requires preventive chemotherapy(PC)for a total of 26.3 million persons[2...
funded by the Italian Ministry of Health"Fondi Ricerca Corrente-L2P2"to IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital,Negrar,Verona,Italy and by funds of"Ministry of Education,University and Research(Italy)Excellence Departments 2018-2022"Project for the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine,University of Florenee,Florenee,Italy.
Background:Implementation of control programmes for Strongyloides stercoralis infection is among the targets of the World Health Organization Roadmap to 2030.Aim ofthis work was to evaluate the possible impact in term...
This study was supported in part by the Program for the National Sharing Service Platform for Parasite Resources(TDRC-22);the Program for National Science and Technology Major Program(Grant No.2012ZX10004–220);the project of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture station for echinococcosis control,China CDC.
Background:A national control program for echinococcosis has been in effect since 2005 in China.This program has applied a comprehensive strategy,and good control results have been achieved.Human echinococcosis preval...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC1202000,2016YFC1202002,2016YFC1202003).
Background:The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis(GPELF)was launched in response to the call proposed at the 50th World Health Assembly.The goal of the GPELF is to ensure that all the countries where t...
Background:The role of governance in strengthening tuberculosis(TB)control has received little research attention.This review provides evidence of how institutional designs and organisational practices influence imple...
The National Science and Technology Support Program of China(grant No.2015BAD07B07);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(grant No.41071334)supported this research.
Background:Snail control is an important component in the national schistosomiasis control programme in China,by application of chemical molluscicides,forestry projects,agriculture projects and water conservancy proje...
This activity was supported by funds from PATH,USA.The funders had no role in the study’s design,data collection and analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the paper.
Background:Adverse effects of antileishmanial drugs can affect patients’quality of life and adherence to therapy for visceral leishmaniasis(VL)and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis(PKDL).In Bangladesh,there are 26 ...
The funders had no role in data collection and analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript;This work was funded by the European Research Council(grant no:295845,http://erc.europa.eu)through a grant for the Investigating Networks of Zoonosis Innovation(INZI)project at the University of Edinburgh,and the Economic and Social Research Council’s(ESRC)fieldwork abroad fund.
Background:The recent development of rapid diagnostic tests(RDTs)for human African trypanosomiasis(HAT)enables elimination programmes to decentralise serological screening services to frontline health facilities.Howev...
This study has been funded by a grant from the European Research Council(ERC 671055).
Background:A recent study in the Logo and Rethy health zones in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)reported that the majority of the persons with epilepsy(PWE)had not been treated with anti-epi...