Coverage and costs of a school deworming programme in 2007 targeting all primary schools in Lao PDR

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1201-1206

  Phommasack, Bounlay ^a   Saklokham, Khamhoung ^b   Chanthavisouk, Chitsavang ^c   Nakhonesid Fish, Viengsavanh ^c   Strandgaard, Hanne ^c   Montresor, Antonio ^c   Shuey, Dean A ^c   Ehrenberg, John ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b National School Health Taskforce   (Laos)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs; Deworming; Helminths; Lao PDR; Mebendazole; School health

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LAOS; MEBENDAZOLE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 54949158547     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.036     Document Type: Article

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