Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity in Ugandan schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Narcis B Kabatereine (Author), Simon Brooker (Author), Artemis Koukounari (Author), Francis Kazibwe (Author), Edridah M Tukahebwa (Author), Fiona M Fleming (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author), Joanne P Webster (Author), J Russell Stothard (Author), Alan Fenwick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the health impact of a national control programme targeting schistosomiasis and intestinal nematodes in Uganda, which has provided population-based anthelmintic chemotherapy since 2003. METHODS: We conducted longitudinal surveys on infection status, haemoglobin concentr...