The long run impact of early childhood deworming on numeracy and literacy: Evidence from Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Up to 1.45 billion people currently suffer from soil transmitted helminth infection, with the largest burden occurring in Africa and Asia. Safe and cost effective deworming treatment exists, but there is a debate about mass distribution of this treatment in high prevalence settings. While the World Health Organization recommends mass administration of anthelmintic drugs for preschool and school-aged children in high (>20%) prevalence settings, and several long run follow up studies of an influential trial have suggested large benefits that persist over time, recent systematic reviews have called this recommendation into question.

Methods and findings

This paper analyzes the long-term impact of a cluster-randomized trial in eastern Uganda that provided mass dewormi

SUBMITTER: Croke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377149 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature