Campbell, Suzy J.Savage, Georgia B.Gray, Darren J.Atkinson, Jo-An M.Soares Magalhaes, RicardoNery, Susana V.McCarthy, James S.Velleman, YaelWicken, James H.Traub, Rebecca J.Williams, Gail M.Andrews, Ross M.Clements, Archie C. A.2015-11-162015-11-161935-2735http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16489Soil-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.SJC is funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award and a University of Queensland Advantage Scholarship, ACAC is an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellow (631619), RJSM is funded by a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Queensland (41795457), JSM is an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellow, and DJG is an Australian Research Council (DECRA) Fellow. This work is funded by an NHMRC Partnership project in collaboration with WaterAid Australia.5 pages© 2014 Campbell et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.animalscommunicable disease controlhelminthiasishumanssanitationworld health organizationhealth policyhygienewater purification2014-04-1010.1371/journal.pntd.00026512015-12-10