The implementation and impact of a pilot hydrocele surgery camp for LF-endemic communities in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethiopia aims to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2020, through a dual approach of mass drug administration to interrupt transmission and morbidity control which includes making hydrocele surgery available in all endemic areas. Locating patients requiring surgery, providing high quality surgeries, and following up patients are all formidable challenges for many resource-challenged or difficult-to-reach communities. To date, hydrocele surgery in Ethiopia has only occurred when a patient has the knowledge, time and resources to travel to regional hospitals. Ethiopia tested the novel approach of using a surgical camp, defined as mobilizing, transporting, providing surgery at a static site, and following up of a large cohort of hydrocele patients within a hospital's catchme

SUBMITTER: Beyene AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568282 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature