Ethiopia Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes Control Programme,2015
| Id | EPHI-DS0323 |
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| Name | Ethiopia Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes Control Programme,2015 |
| Format | . SAV |
| Coverage Location | National |
| Coverage Sex | Both |
| Abstract | Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths are among seventeen WHO prioritized neglected tropical diseases that infect humans. These parasitic infections can be treated using single-dose and safe drugs. Ethiopia successfully mapped the distribution of these infections nationwide. According to the mapping, there are an estimated 37.3 million people living in schistosomiasis endemic areas, and 79 million in schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths endemic areas. The Federal Ministry of Health successfully scaled up Schistosomiasis and schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths intervention in endemic areas and treated over 19 million individuals in 2015. The Ministry of Health has made a huge effort to establish neglected tropical diseases, including schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths program in the health system which helped to map the majority of the woredas and initiate nationwide intervention. |
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| Cleaned Format | . csdb |
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| Date Data Collection Started | 2015-01-21 |
| Date Data Collection End | 2015-03-12 |
| Title | Ethiopia Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes Control Programme,2015 |
| Data Type | Survey |
| PublicationYear | 2000 |
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| Description | Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths are among seventeen WHO prioritized neglected tropical diseases that infect humans. These parasitic infections can be treated using single-dose and safe drugs. Ethiopia successfully mapped the distribution of these infections nationwide. According to the mapping, there are an estimated 37.3 million people living in schistosomiasis endemic areas, and 79 million in schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths endemic areas. The Federal Ministry of Health successfully scaled up Schistosomiasis and schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths intervention in endemic areas and treated over 19 million individuals in 2015. The Ministry of Health has made a huge effort to establish neglected tropical diseases, including schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths program in the health system which helped to map the majority of the woredas and initiate nationwide intervention. The National control program is designed to achieve the elimination of those diseases as a major public health problem by 2020 and aims to attain transmission break by 2025. The program focuses on reaching those school-aged children who are not attending school, integration between neglected tropical diseases programs, and further collaboration with the WASH actors. |
| Dataset study design | Surveillance |
| Date Data Archived | 2019-10-04 |
| Date Data Cataloged | 2021-10-12 |
| Data Generating Unit | Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) |
| URL | https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/323 |
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