PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED TREATMENT FOR URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS GIVEN BY THE GHANA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILD-DEVELOPMENT

Authors
CHAN MS NSOWAHNUAMAH NNN ADJEI S WEN ST HALL A BUNDY DAP
Citation
Ms. Chan et al., PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED TREATMENT FOR URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS GIVEN BY THE GHANA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILD-DEVELOPMENT, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92(4), 1998, pp. 386-389
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359203
Volume
92
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
386 - 389
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1998)92:4<386:PTIOST>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Mathematical models can be used to predict the impact of interventions to control infectious diseases. In this paper, an epidemiological mod el is used to predict the impact of chemotherapy of school-age childre n infected with Schistosoma haematobium, in a programme conducted by t he Ghana Partnership for Child Development in the Volta Region, Ghana. Existing data were used to validate the predictions of the model, dem onstrating convincingly the ability of the model to make correct predi ctions. Predictions of trends in mean egg count, infection prevalence and prevalence of heavy infection (>50 eggs/10 mL urine) were then mad e for the period 1997-1999, and will be compared to the data collected in the programme in the future.