Ruling out early trimester pregnancy when implementing community-based deworming programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large-scale deworming programs have, to date, mostly targeted preschool- and school-age children. As community-based deworming programs become more common, deworming will be offered to women of reproductive age. The World Health Organization recommends preventive chemotherapy be administered to pregnant women only after the first trimester. It is therefore important for deworming programs to be able to identify women in early pregnancy. Our objective was to validate a short questionnaire which could be used by deworming program managers to identify and screen out women in early pregnancy.

Methodology/principal findings

In May and June 2018, interviewers administered a questionnaire, followed by a pregnancy test, to 1,203 adult women living in the Peruvian Amazon.

SUBMITTER: St-Denis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991962 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature