The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas

Two articles published earlier this year in the International Journal of Epidemiology [1,2] have re-ignited the debate over the World Health Organization’s long-held recommendation of mass-treatment of intestinal helminths in endemic areas. In this note, we discuss the content and relevance of these...

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Autores principales: Hicks, Joan Hamory, Kremer, Michael, Miguel, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26492528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004214
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description Two articles published earlier this year in the International Journal of Epidemiology [1,2] have re-ignited the debate over the World Health Organization’s long-held recommendation of mass-treatment of intestinal helminths in endemic areas. In this note, we discuss the content and relevance of these articles to the policy debate, and review the broader research literature on the educational and economic impacts of deworming. We conclude that existing evidence still indicates that mass deworming is a cost-effective health investment for governments in low-income countries where worm infections are widespread.
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spelling pubmed-46196422015-10-29 The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward PLoS Negl Trop Dis Viewpoints Two articles published earlier this year in the International Journal of Epidemiology [1,2] have re-ignited the debate over the World Health Organization’s long-held recommendation of mass-treatment of intestinal helminths in endemic areas. In this note, we discuss the content and relevance of these articles to the policy debate, and review the broader research literature on the educational and economic impacts of deworming. We conclude that existing evidence still indicates that mass deworming is a cost-effective health investment for governments in low-income countries where worm infections are widespread. Public Library of Science 2015-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4619642/ /pubmed/26492528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004214 Text en © 2015 Hicks et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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