01051nas a2200193 4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001500055653001300070653002700083653001600110653003600126100001400162700001200176245019200188856007800380490004800458520035100506 2019 d10aChildren10a2020 goals10aEthiopia10aElimination strategies10aElimination10aSoil-transmitted helminth (STH)1 aShumbej T1 aGirum T00aHelminth infections in light of an ongoing intervention in endemic areas of Guragae zone, Southern Ethiopia: an implication for neglected tropical diseases elimination in Ethiopia by 2020 uhttps://tdtmvjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40794-019-0083-y0 v52778391666551716155539171188368103691213823 a

Helminth infections are among the major public health problems in developing countries. Considerable efforts have been made towards the control of morbidity caused by infection with helminths in Ethiopia. The national control program is designed to achieve the elimination of helminth infections as a major public health problem by 2020.