Kumari A Krishna, J Yuvaraj, Das L K
Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:372618. doi: 10.1100/2012/372618. Epub 2012 Apr 30.
Lymphatic filariasis is a vector borne parasitic disease causing long term disability. The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis aims to achieve its objective through two strategies; Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to interrupt transmission and Morbidity Management (MM) to manage disability for those already affected. MDA is going on in full swing in endemic areas; but MM is lagging behind. An exploratory study was conducted in Pondicherry through focus group discussions to find out whether there are delivery issues if any, in the MM programme and get suggestions from end users. The study results show that MM has not received the same attention as MDA and there are shortcomings in the delivery mechanism of the programme. The importance of these findings are discussed and suggestions given for improving the programme.
淋巴丝虫病是一种由媒介传播的寄生虫病，可导致长期残疾。全球消除淋巴丝虫病规划旨在通过两种策略实现其目标；大规模药物治疗（MDA）以阻断传播，以及发病管理（MM）以管理已受影响者的残疾状况。MDA在流行地区正在全面展开；但MM却滞后了。在本地治里通过焦点小组讨论进行了一项探索性研究，以查明MM项目中是否存在交付问题（如有），并征求终端用户的建议。研究结果表明，MM没有得到与MDA相同的关注，并且该项目的交付机制存在缺陷。讨论了这些发现的重要性，并给出了改进该项目的建议。
