This series evaluates the effectiveness of community-based interventions (CBIs) to prevent and control infectious diseases of poverty (IDoP). Evidence from our reviews suggests that CBIs and school-based delivery platforms are effective in averting risk behaviors and reducing the disease burden. Co-implementation of interventions through existing community-based programs including immunization campaigns, antenatal care and maternal and child health programs have the potential to scale-up interventions for IDoP. Future research should focus on the process of developing and implementing efficient community-based programs through a comprehensive approach, and to gauge the effectiveness of various existing delivery models in order to improve morbidity and mortality outcomes.
BT - Infectious diseases of poverty C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105015?dopt=Abstract DO - 10.1186/2049-9957-3-28 J2 - Infect Dis Poverty LA - eng N2 -This series evaluates the effectiveness of community-based interventions (CBIs) to prevent and control infectious diseases of poverty (IDoP). Evidence from our reviews suggests that CBIs and school-based delivery platforms are effective in averting risk behaviors and reducing the disease burden. Co-implementation of interventions through existing community-based programs including immunization campaigns, antenatal care and maternal and child health programs have the potential to scale-up interventions for IDoP. Future research should focus on the process of developing and implementing efficient community-based programs through a comprehensive approach, and to gauge the effectiveness of various existing delivery models in order to improve morbidity and mortality outcomes.
PY - 2014 EP - 28 T2 - Infectious diseases of poverty TI - Tackling the existing burden of infectious diseases in the developing world: existing gaps and the way forward. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124963/pdf/2049-9957-3-28.pdf VL - 3 SN - 2049-9957 ER -