Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are targeted for elimination as public health problems (EPHP) in Zimbabwe by 2030. A 2018 impact survey demonstrated prevalence below EPHP thresholds following seven rounds of annual preventive chemotherapy (PC). However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a three-year...
Nicholas Midzi, M. J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza, I. Phiri et al.· BMC Global and Public Health· 0 citations
Impact assessment surveys (IAS) are central to monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of mass drug administration (MDA) programs targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Current survey designs often follow guidelines that lack flexibility and spatial representativeness. There is a need for more efficient and co...
C. Fronterrè, Olatunji Johnson, Emanuele Giorgi et al.· BMC Global and Public Health· 0 citations
Small Area Estimation (SAE) and Model-Based Geostatistics (MBG) provide complementary approaches to prevalence mapping, with their relative advantages depending on the inferential goals and characteristics of the available data. We argue that a fuller comparison should consider model interpretability, the role of epide...
Emanuele Giorgi, C. Fronterrè, P. Diggle· 0 citations
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