01455nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260003700042653002400079653005700103100001600160700001300176700001600189700001200205700001200217245017700229856009900406300001300505490000700518520069800525022001401223       2022                            d  bPublic Library of Science (PLoS)10aInfectious Diseases10aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 aMontresor A1 aMwinzi P1 aMupfasoni D1 aGarba A1 aLiang S00aReduction in DALYs lost due to soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis from 2000 to 2019 is parallel to the increase in coverage of the global control programmes  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0010575&type=printable  ae00105750 v163 a<p>Preventive chemotherapy interventions for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) and schistosomiasis scaled up from a global coverage level of around 5% in the year 2000 to a coverage that surpassed 60% in the year 2019. The present paper analyses the concomitant reduction in the number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost due to STH and schistosomiasis during the same period, from 6.3 to 3.5 million DALYs. The cumulative gain during the 19-year period was estimated at over 26 million DALYs. Given the low cost of the intervention, our study suggests that deworming for STH and schistosomiasis is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions.</p>
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