An integrated health delivery platform, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and canine mediated human rabies, results in cost savings and increased breadth of treatment for STH in remote communities in Tanzania

An integrated health delivery platform, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and canine mediated human rabies, results in cost savings and increased breadth of treatment for STH in remote communities in Tanzania

Abstract Background Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of a 90% reduction in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2030 requires innovative control strategies. This proof-of-concept study examined the effectiveness of integrating control programs for two NTDs: mass drug administration (MDA)...

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Main Authors: Felix Lankester, Alicia Davis, Safari Kinung’hi, Jonathan Yoder, Catherine Bunga, Shayo Alkara, Imam Mzimbiri, Sarah Cleaveland, Guy H. Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Neglected tropical disease
Soil transmitted helminths
Rabies
One health
Integrated mass drug delivery
Tanzania
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7737-6

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