Cost and budget impact of mass drug administration compared to expanded school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Zamboanga Peninsula, the PhilippinesResearch in context

• Main Authors: John Paul Caesar delos Trinos (Author), Luc E. Coffeng (Author), Fernando Garcia, Jr (Author), Vicente Belizario, Jr (Author), Virginia Wiseman (Author), Caroline Watts (Author), Susana Vaz Nery (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: School-based targeted preventive chemotherapy (PC), the primary strategy for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control, typically focusing on primary schoolchildren, was expanded to secondary school students in the Philippines in 2016. This program still excludes adults, who may a...