title: School-health-based parasite control initiatives: extending successful Japanese policies to Asia and Africa.
abstract: Japan controlled its major parasitic diseases by the 1970s. Based on this experience, the Government of Japan proposed the Global Parasite Control Initiative in 1998 and established three research and training centres around the world. The Asian Centre of International Parasite Control (ACIPAC) is the first such centre, and completed five years of activities focused on school-health-based parasite control in the Greater Mekong Subregion in 2005. The lessons learned and experiences gained by ACIPAC should be applied to all health promotion programmes worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Ohtawara, Tochigi 324-8501, Japan. skojima@iuhw.ac.jp
authors.forename: Somei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Seiki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007564:Japan; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012574:Schools