Publications by authors named "Helena Pangaribuan"
Article Synopsis
- The Indonesian government aims to eliminate schistosomiasis by 2025, focusing on controlling snail populations as a key strategy to reduce the presence of Schistosoma japonicum in specific freshwater snails.
- A study conducted between 2017 and 2021 involved mapping snail populations, calculating densities, and identifying infection rates, using statistical analysis to find hot and cold spots of infection.
- Results showed a reduction in both overall snail foci and infected foci, yet an increase in hot spots indicates ongoing challenges, particularly around human settlements and agricultural areas, pointing to the need for improved control measures.
Belitung district in Bangka-Belitung Province, Indonesia with a population of 0.27 million is endemic for Brugia malayi and 5 rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) were completed by 2010. Based on the results of 3 transmission assessment surveys (TAS), the district is declared as achieving elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in 2017.
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis
June 2020
Achieving elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem requires a minimum of five effective rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) and demonstrating low prevalence in subsequent assessments. The first assessments recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) are sentinel and spot-check sites-referred to as pre-transmission assessment surveys (pre-TAS)-in each implementation unit after MDA. If pre-TAS shows that prevalence in each site has been lowered to less than 1% microfilaremia or less than 2% antigenemia, the implementation unit conducts a TAS to determine whether MDA can be stopped.
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