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Cholera prevention and control in Asian countries
- Source :
- BMC Proceedings, Vol 12, Iss S13, Pp 1-10 (2018), BMC Proceedings
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Cholera remains a major public health problem in many countries. Poor sanitation and inappropriate clean water supply, insufficient health literacy and community mobilization, absence of national plans and cross-border collaborations are major factors impeding optimal control of cholera in endemic countries. In March 2017, a group of experts from 10 Asian cholera-prone countries that belong to the Initiative against Diarrheal and Enteric Diseases in Africa and Asia (IDEA), together with representatives from the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, International Vaccine Institute, Agence de médecine préventive, NGOs (Save the Children) and UNICEF, met in Hanoi (Vietnam) to share progress in terms of prevention and control interventions on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), surveillance and oral cholera vaccine use. This paper reports on the country situation, gaps identified in terms of cholera prevention and control and strategic interventions to bridge these gaps.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
Sanitation
media_common.quotation_subject
030231 tropical medicine
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
Health literacy
Meeting Report
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cholera
Hygiene
Political science
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Cholera vaccine
lcsh:Science
media_common
Public health
lcsh:R
Water
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Community mobilization
IDEA
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Sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17536561
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....03c6e16bf3be2063cabf62cada0cbb97