World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Gtd Rp, No. 96.2: Women, Onchocerciasis and Ivermectin in Sierra Leone

By Tore Godal

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Gtd Rp, No. 96.2: Women, Onchocerciasis and Ivermectin in Sierra Leone
Author:	Tore Godal
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Foreword The UNDPNorld BankNHO Special Programme for Research andTraining inTropica1 Dibcases (TDR) is a globally coordinated effort to bring thc resources of modern science to bear on the control of major tropical diseases. The Programme has two interdepcndcnt objectives: - To dcvclop new methodsof preventing, diagnosing and treating selected tropical diseases, methods that would be applicable, acceptable and affordable by developing countries, require minimal skills or supervision and be readily intcgmted into the health services of thesc countries: To strengthen - through training in biomedical and social sciences and through support to institutions -the capability of developing countries to undertake the research required to develop these new disease control technologies. Research is conducted on a global basis by lnultidisciplinary [earns of rcsearchers on the six discascs selected for special attention: malaria, schistosomiasis, filariasis (including onchoccrciasis), the trypanosomiases (both African sleeping sickness and the Amcrican form, Chagas disease), thc leishmaniases and leprosy, and trans-diseases areas, including Applied Field Research. The Gender and Tropical Diseases Task Force is one of the initiatives of the Applied Field Research Steering Committee.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR TI-IE STlJDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 KESEARCI4METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Study Design and Selection of Study Villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Data Collection Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Data Management and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Coverage Achieved During the Fieldwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Characteristics of the Study Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Knowledge. Attitudes and Practices on Onchocerciasis Prevalence. Transmission and Treatment with lvermectin for the Entire Population and for Women in the ReproductiveAgeGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Personal Experience of Onchocerciasis and Treatment Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mass Treatment with lvermectin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 OThvee rEaxllcRluessiuoInt sC .r.~. .t.e. .r~...a.. .................................................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1.1.33 Women Treated Inadvertently with lvermectin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 Women's Health-Seeking Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 Socio-cultural Context of Women's Lives with Possible influence on Health-Seeking Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.6 DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 7 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1 Summary of the study population at both study locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tablc 2 Pcrccntage distribution of the study population by age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Table 3 Educational status of rcspondcnts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 4 Local terminologies for onchocerciasis. blackfly and ivermectin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Table 5 Percentage dis. trib. ution of women in the reproductive age group by rcasons given for sk~nsn~pp~.n. .g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Table h Percentage distribution of responses of women in reproductive age group about mode of transmission of microfilaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Table 7 Reasons given by women in the target age group (15-49) for non-treatment during campaign prior to interview. both locations combined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12