Healthy Schools: Reducing Dengue and Diarrheal Diseases in Primary Schools in Colombia, 2013

Diarrheal diseases and dengue fever are major global health problems resulting in millions of deaths every year. Billions of people live in risk areas. In Latin America both diseases are prevalent and infection rates are high. Where provision of clean water is inadequate, water storage is crucial. Fecal contamination of stored water is a common source of diarrheal illness. Stored water is also a potential breeding site for dengue vector mosquitoes. Little is known of the role of stored water for the dual risk of diarrhea and dengue. In this project sets of diarrhea and dengue interventions were evaluated in rural primary schools in Colombia to reduce absence due to diarrheal disease among pupils and dengue risk factors. Randomized controlled trials were carried out using integrated water management and dengue vector control interventions in schools to assess disease outcome, water quality, mosquito vector density, and potential changes in people's knowledge, attitudes and practices. The objective of the study was to investigate whether specific interventions could reduce diarrheal disease in school children and reduce entomological risk factors. This initiative aimed to develop a scientific and educational collaborative platform between the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and the Universidad El Bosque(UED) in Colombia.

This study includes the following datasets:
- Dataset_DiarrheaAgg
- Dataset_DengueAgg
- Dataset_BreteauAgg
- Dataset_AguaAgg
- Dataset_Mosquito adult collections and description

腹泻疾病与登革热均为全球性重大公共卫生问题，每年造成数百万例死亡，全球数十亿人口生活在疫病流行风险区域。在拉丁美洲，这两类疾病均广泛流行，感染率居高不下。在清洁供水供给不足的地区，储水行为至关重要，但储存水体常受粪便污染，成为腹泻疾病的常见传染源；同时，储水环境亦是登革热传播媒介蚊虫的潜在滋生地。目前学界对储水在腹泻与登革热双重感染风险中所发挥的作用仍知之甚少。
本项目针对哥伦比亚农村小学开展腹泻与登革热干预措施评估，旨在降低学生因腹泻疾病导致的缺课率，并减少登革热风险因素。研究采用随机对照试验设计，在学校中实施整合式水管理与登革热媒介控制干预措施，以评估疾病转归、水质状况、媒介蚊虫密度，以及人群知识、态度与行为的潜在变化。本研究的目标为探究特定干预措施能否降低学龄儿童的腹泻疾病发病率，并减少虫媒风险因素。本倡议旨在搭建挪威生命科学大学（Norwegian University of Life Sciences, UMB）与哥伦比亚埃尔博斯克大学（Universidad El Bosque, UED）之间的科研与教育合作平台。
本研究包含以下数据集：
- Dataset_DiarrheaAgg（腹泻汇总数据集）
- Dataset_DengueAgg（登革热汇总数据集）
- Dataset_BreteauAgg（布雷陶指数汇总数据集）
- Dataset_AguaAgg（储水相关汇总数据集）
- Dataset_Mosquito adult collections and description（成蚊采集与描述数据集）