Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

• Main Authors: Veronica L Tallo (Author), Hélène Carabin (Author), Portia P Alday (Author), Ernesto Jr Balolong (Author), Remigio M Olveda (Author), Stephen T McGarvey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: In the year 2000, the Philippines' Department of Health adopted mass chemotherapy using praziquantel to eliminate schistosomiasis. Mass treatment was offered to an eligible population of 30 187 residents of 50 villages in Western Samar, the Philippines, in 2004 as part of an ongoing...