Table A Further health initiatives that could be linked with malaria control programmes
Guinea worm |
Leprosy |
Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) |
|
Objective |
Certified global eradication of dracunculiasis |
Elimination as a public health problem, less than 1 case per 10,000 |
Elimination as a public health problem |
Programme strategy or intervention |
Surveillance, case containment, clean water provision, filtration, abate treatment for intermediate host (Cyclops) control |
- Ensure access to MDT. - Sustain and expand MDT service. - Encourage self reporting and early treatment. - Monitor MDT service performance and quality of care. |
Surveillance diagnosis and treatment. Vector control where appropriate. |
Affected regions |
Transmission certified as eliminated globally except in 12 African countries |
At the end of 2001, 14 countries had prevalence above 1/10 000 population distributed in all tropical regions |
28 sub-Saharan African countries |