Hematobium schistosomiasis control for health management of labor force generation at Nkhotakota and Lilongwe in the Republic of Malawi—assumed to be related to occupational risk

• Published in: Tropical medicine and health Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 28 - 12
• Main Authors: Mishima, Nobuyuki, Jemu, Samuel K., Kuroda, Tomoaki, Tabuchi, Koichiro, Darcy, Andrew W., Shimono, Takaki, Lamaningao, Pheophet, Miyake, Mari, Kanda, Seiji, Ng’ambi, Susan, Komai, Yoshihiro, Maeba, Hirofumi, Amano, Hiroyuki, Nishiyama, Toshimasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan BioMed Central 02.05.2019; BMC
• Subjects: Age groups; Cooperation; Economic growth; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Health education; Hematobium schistosomiasis; Infections; Infectious diseases; Labor force; Labor health management; Malawi; Occupational risk; Population; Poverty; Tropical diseases; Urinalysis; Urine; Urine reagent strips; Malawi; Africa; Hematobium schistosomiasis; Labor health management; Economic growth; Malawi; Occupational risk; Urine reagent strips

In Malawi, hematobium schistosomiasis is highly endemic. According to previous studies, countermeasures have been conducted mainly in school-aged children. In this study, we focused on the age groups, which are assumed to be major labor force generation. Hematobium schistosomiasis is supposed to be...