Integrated community-based intervention for urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children from Caxito, Angola
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Prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis
The burden of disease associated with helminth infections (schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections) is enormous, with at least 2 billion people affected worldwide. This is being increasingly recognized as a significant public health problem, particularly in developing countries, where poverty, poor nutrition, inadequate sanitation, lack of clean drinking-water and minimal...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1876-3413,1876-3405
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihz055