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Volume 6
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy-Open Access
Infectious Diseases Congress 2018
November 15-16, 2018
November 15-16, 2018 Istanbul, Turkey
6
th
Annual Conference on
Parasitology & Infectious Diseases
Impact of mass treatment and health education on the prevalence of
Schistosomia haematobium
among
school children in four villages, White Nile State, Sudan (2013- 2015)
Mohammed Hussein Eltoum Salih
Karary University, Sudan
T
his study was conducted to determine the prevalence of
S. haematobium
infection among school children from four villages
namely Jadeed, Alandraba, UmGaar and EL Shetabe inWhite Nile State, Sudan and to elucidate the impact of praziquantel
on the reduction of the disease prevalence as well as the impact of health education on attitude, knowledge and behavior of
children towards different aspects of the disease. The simple random technique was employed to choose school children of
study villages. The effects of Praziquantel and health education were assessed prior and one year after launching parasitological,
treatment and health education campaigns. The results revealed that the overall prevalence of
S. haematobium
infection in
the four villages was 25%. The intervention using praziquantel showed a significant difference (P<0.05) and the prevalence of
infection was reduced from 22% to Zero among Jadeed school children, from 47% to 9% among Um Gaar school children and
from 29% to 5% among those of El Shetabe village, while increased from 1% to 5% among Alandraba school children.
Biography
Mohammed Hussein Eltoum Salih is a Public Health Specialist. He has completed his MSc from Khartoum University. He is a Sudanese Red Crescent Member,
Lecturer at Medical Institute and an Assistant Professor at Karary University.
gumple22@yahoo.comMohammed Hussein Eltoum Salih, J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C5-051