Edungbola L D, Watts S J
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Feb;93(1):1-6.
Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis, is widespread in rural Nigeria, where an estimated 2.5 million cases occur every year. This study documents the use of multiple intervention strategies, based on community self-help in collaboration with health researchers, to eliminate Guinea worm in the village of Igbon, in Oyo State, Nigeria. In November 1978 the village had a point prevalence rate of 59% at the height of the period of patency and disease transmission. Advised by the university-based researchers who conducted the survey, villagers combined in a series of cooperative efforts which culminated in the construction of wells which provided them with a protected water supply. Since 1982 no cases of Guinea worm have been recorded in the village. Igbon is now free from its annual 'festival of agony', the village has increased in population, and economic activities flourish. Self-help activities such as those carried out in Igbon could be a very useful part of the current Guinea worm eradication campaign in Nigeria.
麦地那龙线虫病，即几内亚龙线虫病，在尼日利亚农村地区广泛流行，据估计每年有250万病例。本研究记录了在尼日利亚奥约州伊博恩村，基于社区自助并与健康研究人员合作所采用的多种干预策略，以消除几内亚龙线虫。1978年11月，在畅通期和疾病传播高峰期，该村庄的点患病率为59%。在进行调查的大学研究人员的建议下，村民们共同开展了一系列合作努力，最终建成了为他们提供安全饮用水的水井。自1982年以来，该村庄未再记录到几内亚龙线虫病例。伊博恩现在已摆脱了每年一度的“痛苦节日”，人口有所增加，经济活动蓬勃发展。像伊博恩开展的这类自助活动，可能会成为尼日利亚当前几内亚龙线虫根除运动中非常有用的一部分。
