Hope Clubs as adjunct therapeutic measure in bancroftian filariasis endemic areas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife¹  Mattos, Denise¹  Norões, Joaquim¹  Dreyer, Gerusa¹ 

关键词: Hope Club;    Bancroftian filariasis;    Elephantiasis;    Chyluria;    Quality of life;    Social;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822006000400009

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

In 1997 the World Health Organization announced an ambitious project called the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, as a Public Health Problem. The program is based on two pillars: interruption of transmission and morbidity control. Experience in Recife, Brazil, an endemic area for bancroftian filariasis, showed that an innovative approach called Hope Clubs, can equip lymphedema patients with the skills, motivation, and enthusiasm to sustain effective, low-cost and convenient self-care to prevent acute skin bacterial episodes and milky urine in the case of chyluria carriers. They feel they are not alone, they regain their potential for productive work and are able to amplify these activities throughout filariasis-endemic communities.

【 授权许可】

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