The School Health Programme in Behera: An integrated helminth control programme at Governorate level in Egypt

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Curtale, Filippo ^a   Wahab Hassanein, Yehia Abd El ^b   El Wakeel, Aly ^c   Barduagni, Paolo ^d   Savioli, Lorenzo ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Health and Population   (Egypt)

^d World Health Organisation ^*  (Egypt)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Egypt; Human fascioliasis; Integrated control programme; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminthiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; PARASITE CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; FASCIOLIASIS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; SOIL;

BEHERA; EGYPT;

VERMES;

EID: 0037654939     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00061-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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