Epidemiological findings and policy implications from the nationwide schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis survey in Sudan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Assembly endorsed the WHO Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Roadmap in 2013, in which NTDs were suggested as tracers of equity in the assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Nationwide surveys were undertaken in all 18 states of Sudan to identify the geographical distribution and to estimate the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and other intestinal helminthiases from December 2016 to March 2017.

Methods

We used two-stage random sampling. Each district was subdivided into one to three different ecological zones (EZs) based on proximity to water bodies. Probability-proportional-to-size sampling was used to select schools from each EZ. We estimated schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis prevalence by the cent

SUBMITTER: Cha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728938 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature