Understanding factors responsible for the slow decline of soil-transmitted helminthiasis following seven rounds of annual mass drug administration (2012-2018) among school children in endemic counties of Kenya: A mixed method study.

• Main Authors: Janet Masaku (Author), Collins Okoyo (Author), Sylvie Araka (Author), Rosemary Musuva (Author), Elizabeth Njambi (Author), Doris W Njomo (Author), Charles Mwandawiro (Author), Sammy M Njenga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) continue to be a significant health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa especially among school children. In Kenya, treatment of over five million children has been conducted annually in 28 endemic counties since the year 2012. However, t...