Rumunu John, Brooker Simon, Hopkins Adrian, Chane Fasil, Emerson Paul, Kolaczinski Jan
Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan, Sudan.
Trends Parasitol. 2009 Jul;25(7):301-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.03.011. Epub 2009 Jun 17.
Southern Sudan has been ravaged by decades of conflict and is thought to have one of the highest burdens of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world. Health care delivery, including efforts to control or eliminate NTDs, is severely hampered by a lack of infrastructure and health systems. However, the post-conflict environment and Southern Sudan's emerging health sector provide the unprecedented opportunity to build new, innovative programmes to target NTDs. This article describes the current status of NTDs and their control in Southern Sudan and outlines the opportunities for the development of evidence-based, innovative implementation of NTD control.
苏丹南部遭受了数十年的冲突蹂躏,被认为是世界上被忽视热带病负担最重的地区之一。包括控制或消除被忽视热带病的努力在内的医疗服务,因缺乏基础设施和卫生系统而受到严重阻碍。然而,冲突后的环境以及苏丹南部新兴的卫生部门提供了前所未有的机会,可建立针对被忽视热带病的全新创新项目。本文描述了苏丹南部被忽视热带病的现状及其控制情况,并概述了循证创新实施被忽视热带病控制的发展机遇。