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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2024

Subnational Projections of Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Targets in Ethiopia to Support National Level Policy.

Joaquin M Prada, Panayiota Touloupou, Biruck Kebede, Emanuelle Giorgi, Heven Sime, Morgan Smith, Periklis Kontoroupis, Paul Brown, Jorge Cano, Hajnal Farkas and 10 more

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 15 institutions in 6 countries.

Joaquin M PradaDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4699-5931
Panayiota TouloupouSchool of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Biruck KebedeRTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
Emanuelle GiorgiCHICAS, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Heven SimeMalaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Morgan SmithDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Periklis KontoroupisErasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Paul BrownZeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Jorge CanoExpanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hajnal FarkasZeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Mike IrvineFaculty of Science, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada.
Lisa ReimerDepartment of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Rocio Caja RiveraCollege of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Sake J de VlasErasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Edwin MichaelCollege of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Wilma A StolkErasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Rachel PulanFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Simon E F SpencerZeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
T Déirdre HollingsworthNuffield Department of Medicine, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Fikre SeifeDisease Prevention and Control Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Erasmus MC · NLUniversity of Warwick · GBUniversity of South Florida · USBC Centre for Disease Control · CAEthiopian Public Health Institute · ETFederal Ministry of Health · ETLancaster University · GBLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBRTI International · USUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Notre Dame · USUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Surrey · GBWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa · CG

Funding

Gates Foundation OPP1186851World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF) is a debilitating, poverty-promoting, neglected tropical disease (NTD) targeted for worldwide elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) by 2030. Evaluating progress towards this target for national programmes is challenging, due to differences in disease transmission and interventions at the subnational level. Mathematical models can help address these challenges by capturing spatial heterogeneities and evaluating progress towards LF elimination and how different interventions could be leveraged to achieve elimination by 2030.

methodsHere we used a novel approach to combine historical geo-spatial disease prevalence maps of LF in Ethiopia with 3 contemporary disease transmission models to project trends in infection under different intervention scenarios at subnational level.

resultsOur findings show that local context, particularly the coverage of interventions, is an important determinant for the success of control and elimination programmes. Furthermore, although current strategies seem sufficient to achieve LF elimination by 2030, some areas may benefit from the implementation of alternative strategies, such as using enhanced coverage or increased frequency, to accelerate progress towards the 2030 targets.

conclusionsThe combination of geospatial disease prevalence maps of LF with transmission models and intervention histories enables the projection of trends in infection at the subnational level under different control scenarios in Ethiopia. This approach, which adapts transmission models to local settings, may be useful to inform the design of optimal interventions at the subnational level in other LF endemic regions.

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Disease EradicationElephantiasis, FilarialEthiopiaHealth PolicyHumansModels, TheoreticalPrevalenceEthiopiageospatiallymphatic filariasismodelprojections

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PMID38662702
PMCPMC11045027
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