Onchocercoma in a United Nations Peacekeeper

Kapoor, Umesh; Sharma, Vishal; Chittoria, R.S.

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.05.005

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“…Only a small number of articles reported on health service factors and biological factors as health risk factors of UN peacekeepers from China to Mali, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Poor sanitary conditions led to infectious disease such as malaria, health and disease prevention services could avoid infections and mental health care could improve peacekeepers’ mentality [ 53 , 64 , 110 , 156 ].…”

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UN peacekeeper health and risk factors --- a systematic scoping review

Yuan,

Chen,

Liu

et al. 2024

glob health res policy

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Background Conflicts, natural disasters, and complex emergencies present substantial health challenges to United Nations (UN) peacekeepers deployed in mission areas. This scoping review aims at summarizing previous research on the health of UN peacekeepers and identifies issues for further investigation. Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for Scoping Reviews, we systematically searched Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) for English and Chinese literature published from April 1997 to November 2023. A data charting form was developed by two reviewers to extract relevant themes and provided narrative descriptions. Results We screened 1079 de-duplicated records and included 143 studies in this scoping review. There were 112 studies on the health status of UN peacekeepers, with more than half on mental health problems such as stress and anxiety. Many studies explored the health status of UN peacekeepers in African countries deployed from mainly U.S., Canada, U.K., China, Australia and Norway. There were 39 studies on the health risk factors of UN peacekeepers, including natural environmental, social environmental, psychological, behavioral lifestyle, biological factors and health service factors. There were 62 articles on the health protection of UN peacekeepers, mainly based on previous deployment experience, with a lack of theoretical guidance from global health perspectives. This scoping review found that health problems of UN peacekeepers are complicated, and whose impacts are cross-border. Social environmental factors were explored the most among health risk factors. Disease prevention measures, medical and health measures, and psychosocial measures were the main health protection for UN peacekeepers. Conclusions This scoping review highlighted that health problems of UN peacekeepers were typical global health issues with complicated and cross-border health risk factors. Therefore, comprehensive strategies could be taken from global health perspectives, including multi-phases (before-deployment, during-deployment, and post-deployment), multi-disciplines (public health, medicine, politics, health diplomacy, and others), and multi-levels (the UN, host countries, troop-contributing countries, the UN peacekeeping team, and UN peacekeepers).

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UN peacekeeper health and risk factors --- a systematic scoping review

Yuan,

Chen,

Liu

et al. 2024

glob health res policy

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“…O. volvulus is predominantly impacting sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, and regions of Central and South America [ 46 , 47 ]. L. loa primarily affects rural populations in Central and West Africa, with over 20 million patients chronically infected in regions with medium to high transmission rates [ 48 ], while M. ozzardi , one of three species in the genus Mansonella (the others being M. perstans and M. streptocerca ) causing mansonellosis [ 49 ], is common across the neotropical region from southern Mexico to northwestern Argentina ( Figure 2 ) [ 21 ].…”

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Beyond Tradition: Exploring Cutting-Edge Approaches for Accurate Diagnosis of Human Filariasis

Pietrzak,

Łuczak,

Wiśniewski

2024

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Filariasis is recognised as a global public health threat, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. It is caused by infection with a nematode parasite of the superfamily Filarioidea, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus, and Onchocerca lupi. Three main types of filariasis have been classified: lymphatic filariasis, subcutaneous filariasis, and serous cavity filariasis. The symptoms exhibited by individuals afflicted with filariasis are diverse and contingent upon several variables, including the species of parasite, the host’s health and immune response, and the stage of infection. While many classical parasitological techniques are considered indispensable tools for the diagnosis of parasitic infections in humans, alternative methods are being sought due to their limitations. Novel tests based on host–parasite interactions offer a rapid, simple, sensitive, and specific diagnostic tool in comparison to traditional parasitological methods. This article presents methods developed in the 21st century for the diagnosis of filariasis caused by invasion from W. bancrofti, B. malayi, O. volvulus, and O. lupi, as well as techniques that are currently in use. The development of modern diagnostic methods based on molecular biology constitutes a significant advancement in the fight against filariasis.

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Onchocercoma in a United Nations Peacekeeper

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UN peacekeeper health and risk factors --- a systematic scoping review

UN peacekeeper health and risk factors --- a systematic scoping review

Beyond Tradition: Exploring Cutting-Edge Approaches for Accurate Diagnosis of Human Filariasis

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