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Determining Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection Status and Physical Fitness of School-aged Children
Published on: August 22, 2012
Evaluating the epidemiological impact of national control programmes for helminths
Simon Brooker1, Sarah Whawell, Narcis B Kabatereine
1Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. simon.brooker@lshtm.ac.uk <simon.brooker@lshtm.ac.uk>
Abstract:
During the past decade, there has been renewed commitment to programmes for helminth control, and several international initiatives have been launched. Scientific evaluation of large-scale interventions to reduce the incidence of infection and associated morbidity and mortality is vital, not only to demonstrate health benefits, but also to assess cost-effectiveness to show that monies from donor agencies have been used wisely. Using the example of schistosomiasis, this article outlines a framework for the evaluation of the impact of national control programmes, highlighting the important epidemiological and practical issues that must be addressed.
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