Child health, parasites and lower socioeconomic status: outcomes of a long-term screening, intervention and training study by health volunteers in rural nepal.

CONCLUSIONS: Growth retardation in children observed during the study, the burden of intestinal parasites on Nepalese children and unavailability of effective health services for citizens in rural areas should direct local authorities to allocate greater resources for country's health infrastructure improvement and to provide a higher standard of childhood nutrition.
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Source: Acta Tropica - November 7, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sürmeli A, Tolunay T, Yasin Y, Kusoglu H, Arcan A, Jaiswal A, Gökmen B, Acharya B, Arslan B, Baka BE, Imamoglu GS, Ökke L, Sahiner M, Yıldız P, Altınayak R, Pokharel S, Yaylacı S, Arıkan S, Yolcu YU, Kurt Ö Tags: Acta Trop Source Type: research