Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity in Ugandan schoolchildren

Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity in Ugandan schoolchildren

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the health impact of a national control programme targeting schistosomiasis and intestinal nematodes in Uganda, which has provided population-based anthelmintic chemotherapy since 2003. METHODS: We conducted longitudinal surveys on infection status, haemoglobin concentr...

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Main Authors: Narcis B Kabatereine, Simon Brooker, Artemis Koukounari, Francis Kazibwe, Edridah M Tukahebwa, Fiona M Fleming, Yaobi Zhang, Joanne P Webster, J Russell Stothard, Alan Fenwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2007-02-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000200006&lng=en&tlng=en

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