Sustainable control of soil-transmitted helminths requires a combination of chemotherapy treatment and environmental interventions, including access to safe drinking water, sufficient water for hygiene, use of clean sanitation facilities, and handwashing (WASH). We quantified associations between home-, school-, and community-level WASH characteristics and hookworm infection—both prevalence and eggs per gram of stool (intensity)—among Togolese school children in the context of community-based chemotherapy treatments administered in the country from 2010 through 2014.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/associations-between-water-and-sanitation-and-hookworm-infection-using-cross
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006374
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/julia-m-baker
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/victoria-trinies
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rachel-n-bronzan-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-neglected-tropical-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-worms
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/togo
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa