Lessons from implementing mass drug administration for soil transmitted helminths among pre-school aged children during school based deworming program at the Kenyan coast

Lessons from implementing mass drug administration for soil transmitted helminths among pre-school aged children during school based deworming program at the Kenyan coast

Abstract Background The 2012 London declaration which committed to “sustaining, expanding and extending drug access programmes to ensure the necessary supply of drugs and other interventions to help control soil-transmitted helminths (STH) by 2020” has seen many countries in Africa roll out mass dru...

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Main Authors: Rosemary M. Musuva, Elizabeth Matey, Janet Masaku, Gladys Odhiambo, Faith Mwende, Isaac Thuita, Jimmy Kihara, Doris Njomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Soil transmitted helminthes
Mass drug administration
Pre-school teachers
School based deworming
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4481-7

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