BMC Proceedings (Dec 2018)
Cholera prevention and control in Asian countries
- Mesbah Uddin Ahmed,
- Mario Baquilod,
- Claudio Deola,
- Nguyen Dong Tu,
- Dang Duc Anh,
- Cindy Grasso,
- Anu Gautam,
- Wan Mansor Hamzah,
- Seng Heng,
- Sopon Iamsirithaworn,
- Musal Kadim,
- S. K. Kar,
- Mai Le Thi Quynh,
- Anna Lena Lopez,
- Julia Lynch,
- Iqbal Memon,
- Martin Mengel,
- Vu Ngoc Long,
- Basu Dev Pandey,
- Firdausi Quadri,
- Mitra Saadatian-Elahi,
- Sanjukta Sen Gupta,
- Ashraf Sultan,
- Dipika Sur,
- Dang Quang Tan,
- Hoang Thi Thu Ha,
- Nguyen Tran Hein,
- Phan Trong Lan,
- Shyam Raj Upreti,
- Hubert Endtz,
- N. K. Ganguly,
- Dominique Legros,
- Valentina Picot,
- G. Balakrish Nair
Affiliations
- Mesbah Uddin Ahmed
- Bangladesh Pediatric Association
- Mario Baquilod
- Ministry of Health
- Claudio Deola
- Save the Children
- Nguyen Dong Tu
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- Dang Duc Anh
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- Cindy Grasso
- Fondation Mérieux
- Anu Gautam
- UNICEF
- Wan Mansor Hamzah
- Ministry of Health
- Seng Heng
- Ministry of Health Cambodia
- Sopon Iamsirithaworn
- Ministry of Health
- Musal Kadim
- Indonesia Pediatric Society
- S. K. Kar
- S’O’A University
- Mai Le Thi Quynh
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- Anna Lena Lopez
- Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively
- Julia Lynch
- International Vaccine Institute
- Iqbal Memon
- Pakistan Pediatric Association
- Martin Mengel
- Agence de Médecine Préventive
- Vu Ngoc Long
- Ministry of Health
- Basu Dev Pandey
- Ministry of Health
- Firdausi Quadri
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b)
- Mitra Saadatian-Elahi
- Hopital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Sanjukta Sen Gupta
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
- Ashraf Sultan
- Mid city Hospital
- Dipika Sur
- Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Dang Quang Tan
- Ministry of Health
- Hoang Thi Thu Ha
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- Nguyen Tran Hein
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- Phan Trong Lan
- Institut Pasteur
- Shyam Raj Upreti
- Group for Technical Assistance
- Hubert Endtz
- Fondation Mérieux
- N. K. Ganguly
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
- Dominique Legros
- World Health Organization
- Valentina Picot
- Fondation Mérieux
- G. Balakrish Nair
- World Health Organization
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-018-0158-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. S13
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Abstract Cholera remains a major public health problem in many countries. Poor sanitation and inappropriate clean water supply, insufficient health literacy and community mobilization, absence of national plans and cross-border collaborations are major factors impeding optimal control of cholera in endemic countries. In March 2017, a group of experts from 10 Asian cholera-prone countries that belong to the Initiative against Diarrheal and Enteric Diseases in Africa and Asia (IDEA), together with representatives from the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, International Vaccine Institute, Agence de médecine préventive, NGOs (Save the Children) and UNICEF, met in Hanoi (Vietnam) to share progress in terms of prevention and control interventions on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), surveillance and oral cholera vaccine use. This paper reports on the country situation, gaps identified in terms of cholera prevention and control and strategic interventions to bridge these gaps.
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