1 online resource (viii, 64 pages) : illustrations, maps, forms
Contents
Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Background; 2. Planning; 3. Implementation; 4. Monitoring; 5. Conclusions; References; Glossary; Annex 1 List of material for the survey; Annex 2 Schistosomiasis questionnaire used in primary schools of Kilosa District, United Republic of Tanzania; Annex 3 School form; Annex 4 Child form; Annex 5 Drug distribution forms; Annex 6 Tablet pole for dosing praziquantel, as used in sub-Saharan Africa
Summary
This book is a guide for planners and programme managers in the health and education sectors who are charged with implementing community-based programmes for control of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in school-age children. Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth cause more than 150 000 deaths each year. In school-age populations in developing countries, intestinal helminth infections rank first among the causes of all communicable and noncommunicable diseases. This book describes an approach to the control of infections that is based on the periodic treatment of sc
