5.B Impacts Of Grassroots Strategies In Combating Disease - Guinea Worm 🪱 Flashcards
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What is a top down strategy for disease eradication?
A strategy that is controlled by the governments and international agencies
What is a negative of a top down strategy?
Often experience resistance at local levels
What is a grass roots strategy?
Uses tactics that build power from the local community
What is guinea worm transmitted by?
Mostly through parasite infected water fleas found in contaminated stagnant water
Where is guinea worm mainly found?
In rural areas 🏞️🍄🟫🏕️
How does the worm emerge?
Through blisters
Where is guinea worm attempting to be eradicated?
In Ghana, West Africa 🌍
Who have the guinea worm eradication programme partnered with?
Ghana red cross ❌ womens club
What does the guinea worm eradication programme involve?
Teaching women volunteers how the worm is transmitted and how it can be prevented
Why did the strategy have limited success with men?
Men frequently work outside villages and are not responsible for sourcing water
What are some of the responsibilities of the women volunteers?
Monitoring, identifying and reporting new cases
Ensuring those infected didn’t contaminate water sources
Distributing and checking water filters
Identifying water sources that need treatment
How successful has it been overall?
Very successful
By 2010 Ghana reported its last indigenous case
How many cases were there in 1989?
More than 179,000
Why is guinea worm an eradicable disease?
Diagnosis is easy
Control measures are simple and cost effective
Disease had limited geographical distribution
