Soil-transmitted helminth infections are caused by different species of parasitic worms, including whipworms, hookworms and roundworms. Worldwide, more than 1.5 billion people are infected with at ...
Intestinal worm infections remain one of Nigeria’s most widespread but neglected health challenges, affecting millions of children every year.
Should global government and philanthropic aid be invested in large public health deworming programs in low- and middle-income countries? Doctors know intestinal helminths can be unpleasant, but ...
Worms have been a public health threat for Kenya’s children for many decades, with the worst hit being pupils in primary schools who carry the heaviest disease burden. The attendant absenteeism ...
100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: what the country is doing about it
Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Neglected tropical diseases are a group of communicable diseases found in tropical and subtropical regions of ...
National Deworming Day observed with an aim to make all children free from intestinal worm infections Children aged 1-19 years are given Albendazole chewable tablets Collector urges students ...
Minyoo (worms) have been a public health threat for Kenya’s children for many decades, with the worst hit being pupils in primary schools who carry the disease burden. The attendant absenteeism ...
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