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For the Regional Network on Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminth Zoonosis (RNAS+), capacity building with emphasis on modern technology with correspondence to traditional techniques was found to be a priority. This article summarized the actual needs of capacity building among RNAS+ member countries and the working mechanism of capacity building during the last 20 years. The needs with respect to the RNAS+ target diseases are highly correlated with the research priorities, since most problems with regard to the performance of the national disease control programme in the member countries are connected with inadequate capacity in relation to implementation of innovative research, epidemiological investigations, laboratory performance; and sociological investigations. The capacity building arranged through RNAS+ platform includes short training courses, individual training in member institutions, e.g., supervision of Ph.D./Masters students; postdoctoral training; and internship training in institutions of southeast Asia as well as in famous institutions of Europe and the United States. In the future, capacity building will focus on platform design and technical standardization aiming at fostering research capacity in the future. Moreover, new training projects, such as massive online courses (MOOC) will be explored under RNAS+ platform.
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Erradicação de Doenças/métodos , Cooperação Internacional , Esquistossomose/prevenção & controle , Erradicação de Doenças/organização & administração , Humanos , Medicina Tropical/educação , Medicina Tropical/tendênciasAssuntos
Anti-Helmínticos/uso terapêutico , Hepatite/parasitologia , Cirrose Hepática/parasitologia , Praziquantel/uso terapêutico , Schistosoma mansoni/efeitos dos fármacos , Esquistossomose mansoni/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Aguda , Animais , Anti-Helmínticos/efeitos adversos , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Biópsia , Doença Crônica , Hepatite/diagnóstico , Hepatite/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Cirrose Hepática/diagnóstico , Cirrose Hepática/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Praziquantel/efeitos adversos , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Schistosoma mansoni/isolamento & purificação , Esquistossomose mansoni/complicações , Esquistossomose mansoni/diagnóstico , Esquistossomose mansoni/parasitologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
A total of 120 papers were presented at the International Symposium on Schistosomiasis which was held in Shanghai, July 4-6, 2001 with the theme of Schistosomiasis Control in the 21st Century. In order to focus more attention on the new challenges in control programmes for schistosomiasis as well as show the priority of research areas in new century, we summarize the advances of control programmes and researches in nine areas, including (1) Status of schistosomiasis control programmes; (2) Progress in applied field research; (3) Biology and control approaches of snail hosts; (4) Novel approaches for schistosomiasis control; (5) Pathogenesis and morbidity of the disease; (6) Immunology and vaccine development; (7) Screening of population for chemotherapy in low transmission areas; (8) Sustainable intervention methods in different endemic settings; (9) Impact of animal schistosomiasis on agricultural development and importance of its control; (10) GIS/RS application and environmental changes.