Social determinants of visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Eastern Africa

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Visceral leishmaniasis is a vector-borne, protozoan disease with severe public health implications. Following the successful implementation of an elimination programme in South Asia, there is now a concerted endeavour to replicate these efforts in Eastern Africa based on the five essential elimination pillars of case management, integrated vector management, effective surveillance, social mobilisation and operational research. This article highlights how key social determinants (SD) of health (poverty, sociocultural factors and gender, housing and clustering, migration and the healthcare system) operate at five different levels (socioeconomic context and position, differential exposure, differential vulnerability, differential outcomes and differential consequences). These SD should be considered within the context of increasing the success of the five-pillar elimination programme and reducing inequity in health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

BMJ global health - 8(2023), 6 vom: 28. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alvar, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Beca-Martínez, Maria Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Argaw, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Saurabh [VerfasserIn]
Aagaard-Hansen, Jens [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Control strategies
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Public Health
Review
Treatment
Visceral leishmaniasis

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Date Completed 30.06.2023

Date Revised 03.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012638

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358816572