The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has already orphaned a generation of
children, and it is projected that by 2010, 18 million African children under the age of 18 are …

Background Inequalities in health have received considerable attention from health
scientists and economists. In South Africa, inequalities exist in socio-economic status (SES) …

Background Many school children living in Africa are infected with plasmodia and helminth
species and are consequently at risk of coinfection. However, the epidemiology of such …

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of infection with helminths is markedly dependent on age,
yet estimates of the total number of infections are typically based on data only from school …

Background: Rapid rural-urban migration of people to cities is a reality around the globe that
has increased city slum dwellers. Sodom and Gomorrah is a city slum located in the heart of …

The current widespread school-based control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is
also advocated for preschool children. The objective of this study was to assess infection …

Objectives To document and compare the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition
across urban and rural areas, and to investigate the extent to which within-urban disparities …

Background Surprisingly little is known about the geographical overlap between malaria
and other tropical diseases, including helminth infections. This is despite the potential public …

Background Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and
similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common …

Botswana has the second highest HIV prevalence rate and highest rate of orphanhood in
the world. Although child mortality rates have doubled in 15 years, the extent to which health …