Soil-transmitted helminth infection in school age children in Sierra Leone after a decade of preventive chemotherapy interventions

ConclusionsSierra Leone has made considerable progress toward controlling STH as a public health problem among SAC. As LF MDA phases out (between 2017 and 2021), transition of deworming to other platforms and water and sanitation strategies need to be strengthened to maintain STH control and ultimately interrupt transmission.

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Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty - July 1, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research