Bihar's Pioneering School-Based Deworming Programme: Lessons Learned in Deworming over 17 Million Indian School-Age Children in One Sustainable Campaign

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Nov 19;9(11):e0004106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004106. eCollection 2015 Nov.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anthelmintics / administration & dosage*
  • Child
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods*
  • Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Helminthiasis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Parasitic Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Parasitic Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Parasitic Diseases / prevention & control
  • Schools*
  • Students

Substances

  • Anthelmintics

Supplementary concepts

  • Intestinal helminthiasis

Grants and funding

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The work was financed by the Government of Bihar, specifically by the SHSB, BEPC and PRD, through funding available from NHRM and SSA. Programme research, design and technical assistance were supported by both DtW and PCD, with funding provided by The World Bank and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.