What is it about?
Using the deworming strategy to fight soil transmissible helminth infection has shown to be effective in most endemic communities, but proper follow up measures like screening for the parasites post deworming campaign might be the aftermath strategy to eradicate the infection in most communities in Cameroon couple with proper sanitation.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that there is an increasingly rising active transmission of STH in the Mile 16 Community, despite the post-deworming campaign. Also, walking barefoot, improper hand-washing before eating, lack of awareness by parents/guardians on STH and deworming, as well as defecating in bushes and gardens increase the chances of STH infection in this community in Cameroon.
Perspectives
This article is meant to call on the attention of the government, NGO and other health organisations to improve on health policy with regards to mass deworming campaign against soil transmissible helminth infection. Eradication should be the focus at this point and this can only be possible if effective follow up through mass screening is done post deforming.The present of the STH infection post deworming from our study might have other causes such as resistance.
simon Ako
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This page is a summary of: Persistent Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Children Aged Between 4 and 12 in Mile 16 Bolifamba, Buea, Cameroon: 6 Months Post-Deworming Campaign, International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, November 2018, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ijtdh/2018/44165.
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