Collecting baseline information for national morbidity alleviation programs: different methods to estimate lymphatic filariasis morbidity prevalence
| Autor: | Josef Amann, Els Mathieu, Frank O. Richards, Yao K. Sodahlon, Abel Eigege |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Burden of disease
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Databases Factual Nigeria law.invention Elephantiasis Filarial law Virology Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans Baseline (configuration management) Lymphatic filariasis Data collection business.industry Public health Data Collection medicine.disease Surgery Infectious Diseases Sentinel site Transmission (mechanics) Togo Parasitology Female business Sentinel Surveillance |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 78(1) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | The lymphatic filariasis elimination program aims not only to stop transmission, but also to alleviate morbidity. Although geographically limited morbidity projects exist, few have been implemented nationally. For advocacy and planning, the program coordinators need prevalence estimates that are currently rarely available. This article compares several approaches to estimate morbidity prevalence: (1) data routinely collected during mapping or sentinel site activities; (2) data collected during drug coverage surveys; and (3) alternative surveys. Data were collected in Plateau and Nasarawa States in Nigeria and in 6 districts in Togo. In both settings, we found that questionnaires seem to underestimate the morbidity prevalence compared with existing information collected through clinical examination. We suggest that program managers use the latter for advocacy and planning, but if not available, questionnaires to estimate morbidity prevalence can be added to existing surveys. Even though such data will most likely underestimate the real burden of disease, they can be useful in resource-limited settings. |
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