Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): a critical component for sustainable soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control
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Campbell, Suzy J.
Savage, Georgia B.
Gray, Darren J.
Atkinson, Jo-An M.
Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo
Nery, Susana V.
McCarthy, James S.
Velleman, Yael
Wicken, James H.
Traub, Rebecca J.
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Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and
schistosomes are parasites that affect the
world’s poorest people, causing losses of
up to 39 million and 70 million disability
adjusted life years (DALYs) respectively. The World Health Organization
(WHO) is at the forefront of developing
policy for the control of STH and
schistosomiasis, advocating for chemotherapy
as the cornerstone of control, with the
objective of reducing infection-associated
morbidity. Global uptake of chemotherapy
with albendazole or mebendazole
for STH and praziquantel for schistosomiasis
has significantly increased and
remains the principal control strategy. It is
cost-effective and reduces STH and
schistosome infections in human hosts.
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