Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosome infections in Ethiopia: a systematic review of progress in their control over the past 20 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethiopia has set the ambitious national targets of eliminating soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis (SCH) as public health problems by 2020, and breaking their transmission by 2025. This systematic review was performed to provide insight into the progress made by the national STH and SCH control programme purposed with reaching these targets.

Methods

Studies published on STH and SCH in Ethiopia were searched for using Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and the resulting references of selected studies. Prevalence and intensity were analysed, stratified by region, age, and diagnostics.

Results

A total of 231 papers published between 2000 and 2020 were included. Over the past two decades, Trichuris trichiura (TT) infection has shown the most stati

SUBMITTER: Maddren R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866680 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature