Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD012199

. 2016 May 23:(5):1-12.

doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012199.

Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection

Matthew C Freeman¹, Eric Strunz², Jürg Utzinger³, David G Addiss⁴

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Health, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta, USA.
² Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health Atlanta, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, The Task Force for Global Health Atlanta, USA.

PMID: 27346984
PMCID: PMC4916930
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012199

Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection

Matthew C Freeman et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016.

. 2016 May 23:(5):1-12.

doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012199.

Authors

Matthew C Freeman¹, Eric Strunz², Jürg Utzinger³, David G Addiss⁴

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Health, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta, USA.
² Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health Atlanta, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, The Task Force for Global Health Atlanta, USA.

PMID: 27346984
PMCID: PMC4916930
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012199

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infection.

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[1] Al-Delaimy AK, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Nasr NA, Sady H, Atroosh WM, Nashiry M, et al. Epidemiology of intestinal polyparasitism among Orang Asli school children in rural Malaysia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014;8(8):e3074. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Al-Delaimy AK, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Nasr NA, Sady H, Atroosh WM, Nashiry M, et al. Epidemiology of intestinal polyparasitism among Orang Asli school children in rural Malaysia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014;8(8):e3074. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Awasthi S, Peto R, Read S, Richards SM, Pande V, Bundy D DEVTA (Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A) team. Population deworming every 6 months with albendazole in 1 million pre-school children in north India: DEVTA, a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet. 2013;381(9876):1478–86. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Awasthi S, Peto R, Read S, Richards SM, Pande V, Bundy D DEVTA (Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A) team. Population deworming every 6 months with albendazole in 1 million pre-school children in north India: DEVTA, a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet. 2013;381(9876):1478–86. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Bartram J, Cairncross S. Hygiene, sanitation, and water: forgotten foundations of health. PLoS Medicine. 2010;7(11):e1000367. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Bartram J, Cairncross S. Hygiene, sanitation, and water: forgotten foundations of health. PLoS Medicine. 2010;7(11):e1000367. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Bethony J, Brooker S, Albonico M, Geiger SM, Loukas A, Diemert D, et al. Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm. The Lancet. 2006;367(9521):1521–32. - PubMed

[8] Bethony J, Brooker S, Albonico M, Geiger SM, Loukas A, Diemert D, et al. Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm. The Lancet. 2006;367(9521):1521–32. - PubMed

[9] Brown J, Hien VT, McMahan L, Jenkins MW, Thie L, Liang K, et al. Relative benefits of on-plot water supply over other ‘improved’ sources in rural Vietnam. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2013;18(1):65–74. - PubMed

[10] Brown J, Hien VT, McMahan L, Jenkins MW, Thie L, Liang K, et al. Relative benefits of on-plot water supply over other ‘improved’ sources in rural Vietnam. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2013;18(1):65–74. - PubMed

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