Ault Steven K, Nicholls Ruben Santiago, Saboya Martha IdaIí
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington DC 20037, USA.
Geospat Health. 2012 Sep;6(3):S7-9. doi: 10.4081/gh.2012.116.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which functions as the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, is committed to provide technical cooperation to countries to update the epidemiological information available for mapping and modelling of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a set of diseases mainly caused by parasites affecting people living in low socioeconomic and favourable environmental conditions. This communication discusses PAHO's role and perspectives in the use of mapping and modelling of these diseases with a view to promote its use in the development and implementation of integrated, inter-programmatic and inter-sectoral plans for the prevention, control or elimination of the NTDs and other infectious diseases related to poverty.
泛美卫生组织作为世界卫生组织在美洲的区域办事处，致力于向各国提供技术合作，以更新可用于绘制和建模被忽视热带病的流行病学信息。被忽视热带病是一组主要由寄生虫引起的疾病，影响生活在社会经济地位低下且环境适宜条件下的人群。本交流探讨了泛美卫生组织在利用这些疾病的绘图和建模方面的作用及观点，以期促进其在制定和实施预防、控制或消除被忽视热带病及其他与贫困相关传染病的综合、跨项目和跨部门计划中的应用。
