1. Control programme for cystic echinococcosis in Uruguay
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Jorge A. Guisantes, Noelia Morel, Susana Elola, Julio Sayes, Miriam Rodríguez, Estela dos Santos, Sebastian Segura, Ciro Ferreira, and Pilar Irabedra
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,National Health Programs ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Community participation ,030231 tropical medicine ,Control (management) ,Primary health care ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,parasitic diseases ,Disease ,Population control ,lcsh:Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Dogs ,hydatid disease ,Environmental protection ,Echinococcosis ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Dog Diseases ,Echinococcus granulosus ,Cystic echinococcosis ,business.industry ,Zoonosis ,Articles ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,medicine.disease ,zoonoses ,cystic echinococcosis ,hydatidosis ,Uruguay ,Health education ,business - Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis is a highly endemic parasitic zoonosis that is present in the Southern Cone countries of America. For several decades, various prevention and control programmes have been implemented in different countries and regions, with varying results. In Uruguay, a new control programme was implemented in 2006 that employed new strategies for canine diagnosis and treatment, dog population control, diagnosis in humans, epidemiological surveillance, and health education, including community participation. The control programme in Uruguay addresses the control and surveillance of the disease from a holistic perspective based on Primary Health Care, which has strengthened the community’s participation in developing and coordinating activities in an interdisciplinary manner. Similarly, the control programme that is currently implemented is based on a risk-focused approach. The surveillance and control measures were focused on small villages and extremely poor urban areas. In this study, the strategies used and the results obtained from 2008-2013 are analysed and discussed.
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- 2016