A review of intestinal helminthiasis in Nigeria and the need for school-based intervention
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Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends chemotherapy for Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm infections targeted at school-age children as a feasible and cost-effective control strategy, there is no policy-backed approach for helminth control in Nigeria. This paper makes a case for regular school-based programs to deliver chemotherapy so as to reduce the burden of helminth infection in school-age children in Nigeria.
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