In 2010, the WHO roadmap for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection aimed at widening the preventive chemotherapy coverage for school-aged children, which was mostly achieved with 70% coverage reached in most sub-Saharan African countries by 2017. The 2030 WHO roadmap focuses on the elimination of STH comorbidities in countries that have already achieved 75% coverage of preventive chemotherapy and control of infection.
BT - The Lancet Infectious Diseases DO - 10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00498-9 IS - 1 LA - eng N2 -In 2010, the WHO roadmap for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection aimed at widening the preventive chemotherapy coverage for school-aged children, which was mostly achieved with 70% coverage reached in most sub-Saharan African countries by 2017. The 2030 WHO roadmap focuses on the elimination of STH comorbidities in countries that have already achieved 75% coverage of preventive chemotherapy and control of infection.
PB - Elsevier BV PY - 2022 SP - 10 EP - 12 T2 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases TI - Ivermectin and albendazole against Trichuris trichiura: a long and winding road VL - 22 SN - 1473-3099 ER -