Should the goal for the treatment of soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections be changed from morbidity control in children to community-wide transmission …

RM Anderson, HC Turner, JE Truscott… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Morbidity induced by infection with the major soil transmitted infections (STH—Ascaris
lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworms) results in an estimated 5.19 million …

Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020

MC Freeman, O Akogun, V Belizario Jr… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
More than half of the world's population lives in places endemic for soil-transmitted
helminths (STHs), and an estimated 1.45 billion people are infected [1, 2]. In 2017, the …

The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030

A Montresor, D Mupfasoni, A Mikhailov… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are the most widespread of the neglected tropical
diseases, primarily affecting marginalized populations in low-and middle-income countries …

Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination

SL Becker, HJ Liwanag, JS Snyder… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
On May 22, 2001, a resolution passed during the 54th World Health Assembly (WHA 54.19)
took an historic step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the world's …

Intervention strategies to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths in India

D Abraham, SP Kaliappan, JL Walson… - Indian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections continue to be a major global cause of morbidity,
with a large proportion of the burden of STH infections occurring in India. In addition to direct …

Diagnostic tools for soil-transmitted helminths control and elimination programs: A pathway for diagnostic product development

MD Lim, SJ Brooker, VY Belizario Jr, F Gay-Andrieu… - 2018 - journals.plos.org
The 2020 Roadmap goals endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for soil-
transmitted helminths (STHs)(Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator …

Investigating the effectiveness of current and modified World Health Organization guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections

SH Farrell, LE Coffeng, JE Truscott… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Considerable efforts have been made to better understand the effectiveness of
large-scale preventive chemotherapy therapy for the control of morbidity caused by infection …

[HTML][HTML] Control of soil-transmitted helminths in sub-Saharan Africa: diagnosis, drug efficacy concerns and challenges

LAT Tchuenté - Acta tropica, 2011 - Elsevier
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) occur throughout the developing world and remain a
major public health problem in the poorest communities with enormous consequences on …

Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial …

KH Ásbjörnsdóttir, SSR Ajjampur… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Current control strategies for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) emphasize morbidity control
through mass drug administration (MDA) targeting preschool-and school-age children …

Implementer and recipient perspectives of community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths in Kwale County, Kenya

H Legge, S Kepha, M Prochazka… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are one of 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
earmarked for control or elimination by 2020 in the WHO's Roadmap on NTDs. Deworming …