Seroprevalence has the potential to be useful for decision-making at multiple stages of trachoma control programs, from mapping to stopping MDA to long-term monitoring and evaluation.
The findings in this present report address the first question, showing clearly that integration of multiple disease-specific NTD control programs can be successfully implemented at full national scale.
Duplication of efforts across multiple un-coordinated single disease control programs overburdens sub-national staff and are a waste of valuable resources [ 8, 9].
Distribution data for members of the protracta species group were obtained from multiple sources (5– 11; state vector control programs in Morelos and San Luis Potosí, unpub. data).
The strategies for achieving these include intensified efforts on single disease vertical control programs or co-implementation across multiple disease programs where co-morbidities occur [ 17].
In contrast, in areas where measles control programs are less advanced, genetic studies have identified multiple chains of transmission within a genotype (17).
Bacteria resistant to multiple drugs flourished in areas where antibiotics are freely available and tuberculosis control programs are weak, such as the former Soviet Union, says Laszlo.
Despite some improvements in the control of this infection and the importance of vector control programs, T. cruzi infects several insect species and has multiple animal reservoirs.
Multiple recruitment presentations were required to secure the participation of 55%, 26 %, 40, and 36% of andinistrators, infection control programs, laboratories, and nursing homes respectively (Table 2).
This analysis of the first 5 GLC-endorsed MDRTB control programs provides, for the first time, results on management of MDRTB under DOTS-based program conditions in multiple resource-limited countries by using standardized treatment outcome definitions.
