Programmatic implications of the TUMIKIA trial on community-wide treatment for soil-transmitted helminths: further health economic analyses needed before a change in policy.

Turner, Hugo C; Bundy, Donald A P

Turner, Hugo C; Bundy, Donald A P.

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Turner HC; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Africa Asia Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. hturner@oucru.org.
Bundy DAP; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hturner@oucru.org.

Parasit Vectors ; 13(1): 102, 2020 Feb 27.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32103783

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Anthelmintics/administration & dosage; Helminthiasis/drug therapy; Helminths/drug effects; Soil/parasitology; Adolescent; Animals; Anthelmintics/economics; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Health Policy/economics; Helminthiasis/economics; Helminthiasis/parasitology; Helminths/isolation & purification; Helminths/physiology; Humans; Kenya; Male; Residence Characteristics

Key words

Community-wide treatment; Cost; Deworming; Policy; School-based treatment; Soil-transmitted helminths

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Soil / Helminthiasis / Helminths / Anthelmintics Type of study: Health_economic_evaluation / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: Parasit Vectors Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Vietnam Country of publication: United kingdom

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