Urinary schistosomiasis is more prevalent in schoolaged children than in adults (Hussein et al., 1996). Thus interventions aimed at school-aged children focusing on delivery through schools are strongly encouraged (WHO, 1993). School-based programmes provide an infrastructure for delivering treatment against geohelminths and schistosomiasis (PCD, 1999). Such programmes have been shown to improv...

BACKGROUND In the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2008, school nurses began delivering the HPV immunisation programme for girls aged 12 and 13 years old. This study offers insights from school nurses' perspectives and experiences of delivering this new vaccination programme. METHODS Thirty in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with school nurses working across the UK between September...

Introduction Pre-hospital emergency medicine is an emerging subspecialty in which medical undergraduates traditionally often receive little or no formal training. This article describes one academic programme at a London medical school, which comprises of a partnership between the school, the local ambulance and the air ambulance service. It is believed that this programme is unique in its stru...

OBJECTIVE To carry out a comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of screening methods for urinary schistosomiasis; terminal haematuria, unqualified haematuria, dysuria, visual urine examination and chemical reagent strip technique, in a school-based control programme. DESIGN Estimation of costs and determination of cost-effect ratios of the screening methods applied in a school-based screenin...

BACKGROUND The 'Healthy School Start' programme was developed to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity, targeting parents of 6-year-old children in pre-school class. Knowledge of barriers and facilitators of implementation is crucial before introducing this kind of programme on a larger scale. The aim of this study was to explore the views of teachers and parents regarding factor...