Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, PAHO/WHO, PO Box 164, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Acta Trop. 2011 Oct-Nov;120(1-2):24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.07.005. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
Like other countries around the globe where conditions existed for the parasites causing hookworm disease to thrive, this disease was a serious problem to settlers in countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean, i.e. those countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. Early in the 20th century, the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) assisted the southern United States in controlling this disease. Soon other countries requested assistance and the Rockefeller Foundation responded by creating their International Health Commission to target the problem. Guyana (then British Guiana) was the first country where work was started. Through a system of chemotherapy, sanitation with the provision of latrines and health education the RF assisted the Commonwealth Caribbean countries during the period 1914-1925 in controlling the disease. Most countries continued the programmes started by the Rockefeller Foundation and this paper provides evidence through a series of surveys to show that hookworm disease is no longer a public health problem.
与全球其他存在钩虫病寄生虫滋生条件的国家一样，这种疾病也是英联邦加勒比国家（即曾经是大英帝国一部分的国家）移民者面临的一个严重问题。20 世纪初，洛克菲勒基金会（RF）协助美国南部控制这种疾病。很快，其他国家也请求援助，RF 通过创建国际卫生委员会来应对这一问题。圭亚那（当时的英属圭亚那）是第一个开始工作的国家。通过化疗、提供厕所和卫生教育等卫生措施，RF 在 1914 年至 1925 年期间协助英联邦加勒比国家控制这种疾病。大多数国家继续执行由洛克菲勒基金会启动的方案，本文通过一系列调查提供证据表明，钩虫病不再是一个公共卫生问题。
