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Southern Sudan: an opportunity for NTD control and elimination?

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 25; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.pt.2009.03.011

1471-5007

John Rumunu, Simon J. Brooker, Adrian Hopkins, Fasil Chane, Paul M. Emerson, Jan Kolaczinski,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

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.