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- Title
Bihar's Pioneering School-Based Deworming Programme: Lessons Learned in Deworming over 17 Million Indian School-Age Children in One Sustainable Campaign.
- Authors
Drake, Lesley J.; Singh, Sarman; Mishra, C. K.; Sinha, Amarjeet; Kumar, Sanjay; Bhushan, Rajesh; Hollingsworth, T. Deirdre; Appleby, Laura J.; Kumar, Rakesh; Sharma, Kriti; Kumar, Yogita; Raman, Sri; Chakrabarty, Stalin; Kihara, Jimmy H.; Gunawardena, N. K.; Hollister, Grace; Kumar, Vandana; Ankur, Anish; Prasad, Babul; Ramachandran, Sushma
- Abstract
The article informs on the Bihar, India's "Pioneering School-Based Deworming Programme." Topics discussed include prevention of school age children with the risks of infection with soil-transmitted helminths; regulations to administration of antihelminthics as provided by the World Health Organization; and recommendation for mass drug administration.
- Subjects
SCHOOL children; HELMINTHS; HEALTH of school children; ANTHELMINTICS; WORLD Health Organization; DRUG administration; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1935-2727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0004106