Open AccessDevelopment of a public geographical information system-based website to follow the impact of control activities of soil-transmitted helminths in endemic countries
Author(s) -
Maria Paola Maurelli,
Paola Pepe,
Antonio Montresor,
Denise Mupfasoni,
Martiocerino,
Maria Elena Morgoglione,
Vincenzo Musella,
Giuseppe Cringoli,
Laura Rinaldi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
geospatial health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1970-7096
pISSN - 1827-1987
DOI - 10.4081/gh.2021.1049
Subject(s) - public health , neglected tropical diseases , geography , developing country , environmental health , helminthiasis , environmental protection , medicine , socioeconomics , biology , ecology , immunology , nursing , sociology
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common neglected tropical diseases worldwide causing high morbidity and mortality rates in endemic areas. Preventive chemotherapy (PC) programmes and health education are recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the impact of STH in endemic countries. Following our role as WHO collaborating centre (WHO CC ITA-116), we have developed a WebGIS and a dataset to support PC programmes to monitor the impact of STH control. This vHealth presentation shows the potentiality of these tools in improving communication among WHO’s regional and country offices, Ministries of Health, pharmaceutical industries and other partners.