Search Results - "Addiss, David G."

Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Strunz, Eric C, Addiss, David G, Stocks, Meredith E, Ogden, Stephanie, Utzinger, Jürg, Freeman, Matthew C

“…Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly,…”
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Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on the prevention of trachoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Stocks, Meredith E, Ogden, Stephanie, Haddad, Danny, Addiss, David G, McGuire, Courtney, Freeman, Matthew C

“…Trachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the SAFE strategy in order to eliminate…”
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Safety of integrated preventive chemotherapy for neglected tropical diseases by Ciciriello, Allan M, Fairley, Jessica K, Cooke, Emma, Emerson, Paul M, Hooper, Pamela J, Bolton, Birgit, LaCon, Genevieve, Addiss, David G

“…Background Preventive chemotherapy (PC) is a central strategy for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Increased emphasis has been…”
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A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now by Lo, Nathan C, BS, Addiss, David G, MD, Hotez, Peter J, Prof, King, Charles H, Prof, Stothard, J Russell, Prof, Evans, Darin S, DPH, Colley, Daniel G, Prof, Lin, William, PhD, Coulibaly, Jean T, PhD, Bustinduy, Amaya L, MD, Raso, Giovanna, PhD, Bendavid, Eran, MD, Bogoch, Isaac I, MD, Fenwick, Alan, Prof, Savioli, Lorenzo, MD, Molyneux, David, Prof, Utzinger, Jürg, Prof, Andrews, Jason R, MD

“…Summary In 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed the landmark WHA 54.19 resolution for global scale-up of mass administration of anthelmintic drugs for…”
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Ethical challenges and moral distress among field epidemiologists by Cooke, Emma, Lopez, George, Hilmers, Angela, Addiss, David G

“…As 'disease detectives' and directors of public health programs, field epidemiologists play essential roles in protecting public health. Although ethical…”
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Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination by Becker, Sören L, Liwanag, Harvy Joy, Snyder, Jedidiah S, Akogun, Oladele, Belizario, Jr, Vicente, Freeman, Matthew C, Gyorkos, Theresa W, Imtiaz, Rubina, Keiser, Jennifer, Krolewiecki, Alejandro, Levecke, Bruno, Mwandawiro, Charles, Pullan, Rachel L, Addiss, David G, Utzinger, Jürg

“…[...]without a strategic transition plan in place, communities that used to benefit from lymphatic filariasis control activities run the risk of undermining…”
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The Effect of Hygiene-Based Lymphedema Management in Lymphatic Filariasis-Endemic Areas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Stocks, Meredith E, Freeman, Matthew C, Addiss, David G

“…Lymphedema of the leg and its advanced form, known as elephantiasis, are significant causes of disability and morbidity in areas endemic for lymphatic…”
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Epidemiology of compassion: A literature review by Addiss, David G., Richards, Amy, Adiabu, Sedem, Horwath, Emma, Leruth, Sophie, Graham, Ashley L., Buesseler, Heather

“…Psychology and neuroscience have contributed significantly to advances in understanding compassion. In contrast, little attention has been given to the…”
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Deworming in pre-school age children: A global empirical analysis of health outcomes by Lo, Nathan C, Snyder, Jedidiah, Addiss, David G, Heft-Neal, Sam, Andrews, Jason R, Bendavid, Eran

“…There is debate over the effectiveness of deworming children against soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) to improve health outcomes, and current evidence may…”
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Preventive Chemotherapy Versus Innovative and Intensified Disease Management in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Distinction Whose Shelf Life Has Expired by Rosenberg, Mark, Utzinger, Jürg, Addiss, David G

“…[...]with success in interrupting or significantly reducing transmission, MDA for PCT NTDs such as lymphatic filariasis is being scaled back. [...]people must…”
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Comparison of World Health Organization and Demographic and Health Surveys data to estimate sub-national deworming coverage in pre-school aged children by Lo, Nathan C, Gupta, Ribhav, Addiss, David G, Bendavid, Eran, Heft-Neal, Sam, Mikhailov, Alexei, Montresor, Antonio, Mbabazi, Pamela Sabina

“…The key metric for monitoring the progress of deworming programs in controlling soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is national drug coverage reported to the…”
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Global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: a "mass uprising of compassion" by Addiss, David G

“…  [...]it was thought that providing clinical care to those who already had LF-related disease could enhance the acceptability of preventive chemotherapy to…”
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Apology and Unintended Harm in Global Health by ADDISS, DAVID G., AMON, JOSEPH J.

“…Over the past few decades, investments in global health programs have contributed to massive advances in health for human populations. As with clinical…”
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Risk of adverse swallowing events and choking during deworming for preschool-aged children by Kernell, James Wyatt, DePaola, Rosalie V, Maglione, Alec M, Ahern, Lacey N, Penney, Naomi G, Addiss, David G

“…In areas where the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is >20%, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that deworming medication be…”
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State of deworming coverage and equity in low-income and middle-income countries using household health surveys: a spatiotemporal cross-sectional study by Lo, Nathan C, Heft-Neal, Sam, Coulibaly, Jean T, Leonard, Leslie, Bendavid, Eran, Addiss, David G

“…Mass deworming against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, which affects 1 billion of the poorest people globally, is one of the largest public health programmes…”
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The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh by Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Nazneen, Arifa, Halder, Amal K, Haque, Rashidul, Siddique, Abdullah, Uddin, Muhammed Salah, Koporc, Kim, Arnold, Benjamin F, Hubbard, Alan E, Unicomb, Leanne, Luby, Stephen P, Addiss, David G, Colford, Jr, John M

“…The combination of deworming and improved sanitation or hygiene may result in greater reductions in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection than any single…”
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Exploring the relationship between access to water, sanitation and hygiene and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a demonstration of two recursive partitioning tools by Gass, Katherine, Addiss, David G, Freeman, Matthew C

“…Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) - a class of parasites that affect billions of people - can be mitigated using mass drug administration, though reinfection…”
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections by Jourdan, Peter Mark, Lamberton, Poppy H L, Fenwick, Alan, Addiss, David G

“…More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale…”
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Highly endemic, waterborne toxoplasmosis in north Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil by Bahia-Oliveira, Lílian Maria Garcia, Jones, Jeffrey L, Azevedo-Silva, Juliana, Alves, Cristiane C F, Oréfice, Fernando, Addiss, David G

“…In Campos dos Goytacazes, northern Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, reports of uveitis consistent with toxoplasmosis led to a survey of the prevalence and risk…”
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Global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: addressing the public health problem by Addiss, David G

“…[...]the "public health problem" to which the WHA resolution referred was clinical disease; by itself, the presence of microfilaria in the blood does not…”
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