Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part IV: Understanding and Development of Public Health Strategies and Advances "Take a Village".

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Review international efforts to build a global public health initiative focused on toxoplasmosis with spillover benefits to save lives, sight, cognition and motor function benefiting maternal and child health.

Recent findings

Multiple countries' efforts to eliminate toxoplasmosis demonstrate progress and context for this review and new work.

Summary

Problems with potential solutions proposed include accessibility of accurate, inexpensive diagnostic testing, pre-natal screening and facilitating tools, missed and delayed neonatal diagnosis, restricted access, high costs, delays in obtaining medicines emergently, delayed insurance pre-approvals and high medicare copays taking considerable physician time and effort, harmful shortcuts being taken in metho

SUBMITTER: Felin MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379243 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature