Nundu Sabin S, Simpson Shirley V, Arima Hiroaki, Muyembe Jean-Jacques, Mita Toshihiro, Ahuka Steve, Yamamoto Taro
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Program for Nurturing Global Leaders in Tropical and Emerging Communicable Diseases, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Pathogens. 2022 Jun 26;11(7):729. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11070729.
Despite a decade of sustained malaria control, malaria remains a serious public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Children under five years of age and school-age children aged 5-15 years remain at high risk of symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria infections. The World Health Organization's malaria control, elimination, and eradication recommendations are still only partially implemented in DRC. For better malaria control and eventual elimination, the integration of all individuals into the national malaria control programme will strengthen malaria control and elimination strategies in the country. Thus, inclusion of schools and school-age children in DRC malaria control interventions is needed.
尽管经过了十年持续的疟疾防控工作，但疟疾在刚果民主共和国（DRC）仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题。五岁以下儿童以及5至15岁的学龄儿童仍面临有症状和无症状疟疾感染的高风险。世界卫生组织关于疟疾控制、消除和根除的建议在刚果民主共和国仍仅得到部分实施。为了更好地控制疟疾并最终实现消除，将所有个体纳入国家疟疾控制计划将加强该国的疟疾控制和消除战略。因此，需要将学校和学龄儿童纳入刚果民主共和国的疟疾控制干预措施中。
