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Turning the worm : the eradication of Guinea worm disease in west Africa
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- Creator
- Sandy Cairncross
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 videorecording (73 min.) : sound, color
- video file
- Retrieved April 9, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/2057/.
- Introduction -- The transmission cycle -- Worm's emergence -- Removing the worm -- Preventing the worm from breaking -- When immersed in water -- The larvae swim freely in the water -- Cyclops -- Cycle is completion- drinking water with cyclops -- The history of Guinea worm -- William Dampier -- James Africanus Horton -- Epidemiology -- Distribution of Guinea worm (GW) -- Seasonality of Guinea worm emergence -- The rainy season in the Sahel -- The dry season in the forest zone -- Eradicability of Guinea worm -- Countries that eradicated the worm -- Interventions: cyclopicide (Temephos) -- Problem of technical fixes -- Endemic village water sources in Burkina Faso -- Problems with Temephos -- Intervention: water supply -- Guinea worm can be prevented easily -- Putting safe water in the village is not enough -- Guinea worm and village size in Zou Province -- Hands pumps and Guinea worm in Burkina Faso -- High incidence in Sanmatenga Province -- Hand pumps and people location in Boussouma -- Access to safe water Boussouma, Burkina Faso -- Certain constrains about water supply -- Intervention: health education (HE) -- Impact of boreholes and health education -- A health educator teaching how to filter water -- A village health worker on a training course -- A villager in Mauritania making a pipe-filter -- A village health worker in Burkina -- Getting the message across -- A sign of success -- Boulli Nabas -- Boulli Nabas and health -- Television and health education -- The village volunteer -- Community based surveillance -- Characteristics of community based surveillance -- Significant risk factors for Guinea worm -- Community-based surveillance in Africa -- Rewards for village volunteers -- The supervisor -- Mapping the villages -- Results of the eradication effort -- Evaluation results -- Evaluation of Burkina (1) -- Evaluation of Burkina (2) -- HE and knowledge of GW prevention in Niger -- HE and knowledge of GW prevention in Niger (2) -- Dracunculiases in Ghana, 1989-2004 -- Reasons for Ghana's poor performance -- Results of Ghana evaluation in 4 problem districts -- The next phase -- Classical approach -- Case containment strategy -- Detecting the worm before it emerges -- Case containment -- Treating the Guinea worm lesion -- Learning how to bandage the lesion -- The satisfied patients -- The importance of collaboration -- After we get rid of the worms -- Children's birth registration -- Existing community-based surveillance systems -- Successful community-based surveillance