How should Indonesia consider its neglected tropical diseases in the COVID-19 era? Hopes and challenges (Review).

Autor: Fauziyah S; Master Program of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia., Putri SMD; Master Program of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia., Salma Z; Master Program of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia., Wardhani HR; Master Program of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia., Hakim FKN; Master Program of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia., Sucipto TH; Dengue Study Group, Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60115, Indonesia., Aquaresta F; Clinical Microbiology Specialist Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60132, Indonesia.; Palembang Health Laboratory Center, Palembang, South Sumatra 30126, Indonesia., Soegijanto S; Dengue Study Group, Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java 60115, Indonesia.; Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java 60225, Indonesia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biomedical reports [Biomed Rep] 2021 Jun; Vol. 14 (6), pp. 53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 06.
DOI: 10.3892/br.2021.1429
Abstrakt: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some countries, including Indonesia, have faced a double burden with regards to disease control. As Indonesia is a tropical country, it serves as a suitable host for disease vectors and multiple microorganisms of causative agents of disease. In total, five of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) should be a consideration in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic, including leprosy, yaws, filariasis, soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis. The present review summarises the preparedness of Indonesia in facing NTDs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strengthening government leadership will be a valuable factor for combating NTDs in Indonesia. For instance, strong leadership can lead to precise management, by increasing the number of health facilities, engaging in active case identification, conducting health campaigns and instituting new regulations to prevent the stigmatization faced by patients. Preventive medicine in the first level of health facilities can be prioritized and presented to the community via health campaigns, health advocacy and improvement in follow-up after active case surveillance. Government-supported integrated management is also a key component in eliminating NTD. Moreover, healthy lifestyle campaigns that include social distancing, wearing a mask and regularly washing hands should be promoted continuously to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, which is potentially associated with a poor outcome in individuals with NTDs. This review concluded that the Indonesian government should strengthen their efforts toward NTD control using alternative methods, such as involving key citizens in the collaboration of the detection of new cases and introducing mobile health as a means of detecting health problems or following up on patient progress. To reduce the transmission of COVID-19, testing, tracing and treatment must be improved, so that the gap between suspected cases and confirmed cases of COVID-19 can be closed. If the transmission of COVID-19 can be decreased, case detection and efforts toward NTD control can be conducted effectively.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
(Copyright: © Fauziyah et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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