¿Dónde y en qué momento nos encontramos ante la erradicación de la dracunculiasis?

  1. Mónica Esteban 1
  2. Claudia González 1
  3. Irene Martínez 1
  4. Marta Patiño 1
  5. Pilar Roquero 1
  6. Consuelo Giménez Pardo dir. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Book:
Experiencia de innovación docente [1]: colección de revisiones de enfermedades infecciosas emergentes y reemergentes
  1. Juan Cuadros González (dir.)
  2. M. Isabel Gegúndez Cámara (dir.)
  3. Consuelo Giménez Pardo (dir.)
  4. M. Rosario González Palacios (dir.)
  5. Lourdes Lledó García (dir.)
  6. Juan Romanyk (dir.)
  7. José Vicente Saz Pérez (dir.)

Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Alcalá ; Universidad de Alcalá

ISBN: 978-84-16599-10-3

Year of publication: 2015

Pages: 385-396

Type: Book chapter

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Sustainable development goals

Abstract

Dracunculiasis is a parasitosis caused by Dracunculus medinensis. Transmission to the human being occurs through the ingestion of copepods larvae. Copepods are the vector for this parasite that has an aquatic cycle, characteristics that make the parasitosis an ideal candidate for global eradication. Exhaustive work has been invested in the eradication of this parasitosis in Africa since the 1980s, through the means of water sanitation, close control of cases and education of the population. The eradication final date keeps being pushed back, and we now find ourselves with four endemic countries left: Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and Southern Sudan, this last country being the main focus, This disease does not have an efficient treatment or vaccine option, therefore its eradication is only possible through prevention. We will study the eradication campaign, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, to come to conclusions on how to finish the started work.

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