[Development and application of information management system for advanced schistosomiasis chemotherapy and assistance in Jiangxi Province].

Objective: To develop the information management system for advanced schistosomiasis chemotherapy and assistance in Jiangxi Province.

Methods: Based on Access 2003, the system was programmed by Visual Basic 6.0 and packaged by Setup Factory 8.

[Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis on the integrated schistosomiasis control strategies with emphasis on infection source in Poyang Lake region].

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit on the integrated schistosomiasis control strategies with emphasis on infection source, and provide scientific basis for the improvement of schistosomiasis control strategy.

Methods: Aiguo and Xinhe villages in Jinxian County were selected as intervention group where the new comprehensive strategy was implemented, while Ximiao and Zuxi villages in Xinzi County served as control where routine control program was implemented. New strategy of interventions included removing cattle from snail-infested grasslands and providing farmers with farm machinery, improving sanitation by supplying tap water and building lavatories and methane gas tanks, and implementing an intensive health education program.

A strategy to control transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China.

Background: Schistosoma japonicum causes an infection involving humans, livestock, and snails and is a significant cause of morbidity in China.

Methods: We evaluated a comprehensive control strategy in two intervention villages and two control villages along Poyang Lake in the southeastern province of Jiangxi, where annual synchronous chemotherapy is routinely used. New interventions, implemented from 2005 through 2007, included removing cattle from snail-infested grasslands, providing farmers with mechanized farm equipment, improving sanitation by supplying tap water and building lavatories and latrines, providing boats with fecal-matter containers, and implementing an intensive health-education program.