Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths following sustained implementation of routine preventive chemotherapy: Demographics and baseline results of a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi.

• Main Authors: Stefan Witek-McManus (Author), James Simwanza (Author), Alvin B Chisambi (Author), Stella Kepha (Author), Zachariah Kamwendo (Author), Alfred Mbwinja (Author), Lyson Samikwa (Author), William E Oswald (Author), David S Kennedy (Author), Joseph W S Timothy (Author), Hugo Legge (Author), Sean R Galagan (Author), Mira Emmanuel-Fabula (Author), Fabian Schaer (Author), Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir (Author), Katherine E Halliday (Author), Judd L Walson (Author), Lazarus Juziwelo (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author), Khumbo Kalua (Author), Rachel L Pullan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malawi has successfully leveraged multiple delivery platforms to scale-up and sustain the implementation of preventive chemotherapy (PCT) for the control of morbidity caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Sentinel monitoring demonstrates this strategy has been successful in reducing STH infect...