The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions

Sylvie Linsuke; Liliane Mpabanzi; Sabin Nundu; Faustin Mukunda; Pascal Lutumba; Katja Polman

doi:10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026

The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions

Sylvie Linsuke, Liliane Mpabanzi, Sabin Nundu, Faustin Mukunda, Pascal Lutumba, Katja Polman

Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

Abstract

Objective: To improve knowledge and practice of health staff as well as the availability of material resources for diagnosis and management of schistosomiasis in two endemic provinces of DRC (Kinshasa and Bas-Congo).

Methods: Structured interviews were performed using questionnaires with staff from 35 healthcare facilities in 9 health zones (HZ) of Kinshasa and 2 HZ in Bas-Congo.

Results: Schistosomiasis was reported to be present in all the included HZ. Health staff knew the most important symptoms of schistosomiasis, but advanced symptoms were more accurately reported in Bas-Congo. Knowledge of symptoms related to schistosomiasis such as anemia (P = 0.0 115) and pollakiuria (P = 0.0 260) was statistically different in both two provinces. Kato-Katz technique and urine filtration were unavailable in both provinces. Parasitological diagnosis was mostly performed using the direct smear method. PZQ was available in 70% of the health facilities, all situated in Bas-Congo. Diagnosis and treatment mostly relied on symptoms and cost more in urban area than in rural.

Conclusions: Though knowledge on schistosomiasis among health staff appears sufficient, substantial efforts still must be made to improve the availability of diagnostic tools and treatment in the health facilities in DRC.

Original language	English
Journal	Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Volume	7
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	275-279
Number of pages	5
ISSN	2221-1691
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

CASE-MANAGEMENT
BURDEN

Access to Document

10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

Cite this

@article{421f3183503c4af78299946e626b8c97,

title = "The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions",

abstract = "Objective: To improve knowledge and practice of health staff as well as the availability of material resources for diagnosis and management of schistosomiasis in two endemic provinces of DRC (Kinshasa and Bas-Congo).Methods: Structured interviews were performed using questionnaires with staff from 35 healthcare facilities in 9 health zones (HZ) of Kinshasa and 2 HZ in Bas-Congo.Results: Schistosomiasis was reported to be present in all the included HZ. Health staff knew the most important symptoms of schistosomiasis, but advanced symptoms were more accurately reported in Bas-Congo. Knowledge of symptoms related to schistosomiasis such as anemia (P = 0.0 115) and pollakiuria (P = 0.0 260) was statistically different in both two provinces. Kato-Katz technique and urine filtration were unavailable in both provinces. Parasitological diagnosis was mostly performed using the direct smear method. PZQ was available in 70% of the health facilities, all situated in Bas-Congo. Diagnosis and treatment mostly relied on symptoms and cost more in urban area than in rural.Conclusions: Though knowledge on schistosomiasis among health staff appears sufficient, substantial efforts still must be made to improve the availability of diagnostic tools and treatment in the health facilities in DRC.",

keywords = "CASE-MANAGEMENT, BURDEN",

author = "Sylvie Linsuke and Liliane Mpabanzi and Sabin Nundu and Faustin Mukunda and Pascal Lutumba and Katja Polman",

note = "FTX; (CC BY NC ND)",

year = "2017",

doi = "10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026",

language = "English",

volume = "7",

pages = "275--279",

journal = "Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine",

issn = "2221-1691",

publisher = "WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS",

number = "4",

}

The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions. / Linsuke, Sylvie; Mpabanzi, Liliane; Nundu, Sabin et al.
In: Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2017, p. 275-279.

Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions

AU - Linsuke, Sylvie

AU - Mpabanzi, Liliane

AU - Nundu, Sabin

AU - Mukunda, Faustin

AU - Lutumba, Pascal

AU - Polman, Katja

N1 - FTX; (CC BY NC ND)

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Objective: To improve knowledge and practice of health staff as well as the availability of material resources for diagnosis and management of schistosomiasis in two endemic provinces of DRC (Kinshasa and Bas-Congo).Methods: Structured interviews were performed using questionnaires with staff from 35 healthcare facilities in 9 health zones (HZ) of Kinshasa and 2 HZ in Bas-Congo.Results: Schistosomiasis was reported to be present in all the included HZ. Health staff knew the most important symptoms of schistosomiasis, but advanced symptoms were more accurately reported in Bas-Congo. Knowledge of symptoms related to schistosomiasis such as anemia (P = 0.0 115) and pollakiuria (P = 0.0 260) was statistically different in both two provinces. Kato-Katz technique and urine filtration were unavailable in both provinces. Parasitological diagnosis was mostly performed using the direct smear method. PZQ was available in 70% of the health facilities, all situated in Bas-Congo. Diagnosis and treatment mostly relied on symptoms and cost more in urban area than in rural.Conclusions: Though knowledge on schistosomiasis among health staff appears sufficient, substantial efforts still must be made to improve the availability of diagnostic tools and treatment in the health facilities in DRC.

AB - Objective: To improve knowledge and practice of health staff as well as the availability of material resources for diagnosis and management of schistosomiasis in two endemic provinces of DRC (Kinshasa and Bas-Congo).Methods: Structured interviews were performed using questionnaires with staff from 35 healthcare facilities in 9 health zones (HZ) of Kinshasa and 2 HZ in Bas-Congo.Results: Schistosomiasis was reported to be present in all the included HZ. Health staff knew the most important symptoms of schistosomiasis, but advanced symptoms were more accurately reported in Bas-Congo. Knowledge of symptoms related to schistosomiasis such as anemia (P = 0.0 115) and pollakiuria (P = 0.0 260) was statistically different in both two provinces. Kato-Katz technique and urine filtration were unavailable in both provinces. Parasitological diagnosis was mostly performed using the direct smear method. PZQ was available in 70% of the health facilities, all situated in Bas-Congo. Diagnosis and treatment mostly relied on symptoms and cost more in urban area than in rural.Conclusions: Though knowledge on schistosomiasis among health staff appears sufficient, substantial efforts still must be made to improve the availability of diagnostic tools and treatment in the health facilities in DRC.

KW - CASE-MANAGEMENT

KW - BURDEN

UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000398075100001

U2 - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026

DO - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.01.026

M3 - A1: Web of Science-article

SN - 2221-1691

VL - 7

SP - 275

EP - 279

JO - Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine

JF - Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine

IS - 4

ER -

The road towards sustainable control of schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: pre-assessment of staff performance and material resources in endemic regions

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this