Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition globally. With an estimated
165 million children below 5 years of age affected, stunting has been identified as a major …

abstract Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease of poverty ranks second among the
most widespread parasitic disease in various nations in sub-Saharan Africa. Neglected …

PROGRESS REPORT 2001–2011 AND STRATEGIC PLAN 2012–2020 Page 1 Preventive
Chemotherapy and Transmission Control (PCT) Department of Control of Neglected Tropical …

Since praziquantel was developed in 1970s, it has replaced other antischistosomal drugs to
become the only drug of choice for treatment of human schistosomiases, due to high …

Mass drug administration (MDA) is a means of delivering safe and inexpensive essential
medicines based on the principles of preventive chemotherapy, where populations or sub …

Objectives: To summarize new knowledge on the range of disease due to chronic
schistosomiasis and examine the debilitating burden of both light and heavy infection; to …

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of
human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and …

• Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) Every year, WHO publishes in the WER a summary
of the number of school-age children and preschoolage children who have received …

Schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in developing
countries. After malaria, schistosomiasis is the most important tropical disease in terms of …

Objectives To summarise age‐and intensity‐stratified associations between human
hookworm infection and anaemia and to quantify the impact of treatment with the …