World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Communicable Diseases Control, Issue 58: Yaws and Other Endemic Treponematoses

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Communicable Diseases Control, Issue 58: Yaws and Other Endemic Treponematoses
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Schistosomiasis is one of the most widespread and important human diseases, incapacitating many millions of people and causing irreparable economic loss. It has an added importance today, as better travel facilities have increased the danger of its spread. The disease is an international problem, and international methods of attack must be used if we would hope to control it.O This is not the first time that an effort has been made to bring before the world a realization of the importance of schistosomiasis. In 1938, Hilmy Bey,j Official Delegate to the Health Organization of the League of Nations and Under-Secretary of State to the Egyptian Ministry of Public Health, asked the Health Committee of the League to undertake work on schistosomiasis similar to that undertaken by its Malaria Commission.

Table of Contents
1. Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2. Life-cycle of the parasite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. Distribution and importance of schistosomiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4. Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5. Prevention in Egypt by snail-destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30