Bihar’s Pioneering School-Based Deworming Programme: Lessons Learned in Deworming over 17 Million Indian School-Age Children in One Sustainable Campaign

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Drake, Lesley J ^a,b   Singh, Sarman ^c   Mishra, C K ^d   Sinha, Amarjeet ^d   Kumar, Sanjay ^e,l   Bhushan, Rajesh ^f,m   Hollingsworth, T Deirdre ^a,g,h   Appleby, Laura J ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Sharma, Kriti ^b   Kumar, Yogita ^b   Raman, Sri ^b   Chakrabarty, Stalin ^b   Kihara, Jimmy H ⁱ   Gunawardena, N K ^j   Hollister, Grace ^b,k   Kumar, Vandana ^b   Ankur, Anish ^b   Prasad, Babul ^b   Ramachandran, Sushma ^b   Fishbane, Alissa ^b,k   Makkar, Prerna ^a,b   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Deworm the World ^*  (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Government of Bihar   (India)

^e State Health Society   (India)

^f Bihar Education Project Council   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^h LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^k INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^l Government of Jharkhand   (India)

^m Ministry of Rural Development   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS, FOOD AND CHEMICALS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; DEWORMING DAYS; DEWORMING PROGRAMME; FECES ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS MONITORING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84949238514     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004106     Document Type: Article

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