Helminth Control in School-age Children: A Guide for Managers of Control Programmes

More than 2000 million people worldwide are affected by schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and 155 000 deaths are reported each year. These infections are diseases associated with poverty, and in school-age populations in developing countries, intestinal helminth infections rank first among the causes of all communicable and noncommunicable diseases. This book describes a cost-effective approach to the control of these infections, based on the use of periodic parasitological surveys of school population samples. It is intended as a guide for health education managers responsible for implementing community-based programmes.Crompton, D.W.T is the author of 'Helminth Control in School-age Children: A Guide for Managers of Control Programmes', published 2002 under ISBN 9789241545563 and ISBN 9241545569.