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. 2022 Jul 7;16(7):e0010575.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010575. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Reduction in DALYs lost due to soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis from 2000 to 2019 is parallel to the increase in coverage of the global control programmes

Antonio Montresor  1 , Pauline Mwinzi  2 , Denise Mupfasoni  1 , Amadou Garba  1
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Reduction in DALYs lost due to soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis from 2000 to 2019 is parallel to the increase in coverage of the global control programmes

Antonio Montresor et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .

Abstract

Preventive chemotherapy interventions for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) and schistosomiasis scaled up from a global coverage level of around 5% in the year 2000 to a coverage that surpassed 60% in the year 2019. The present paper analyses the concomitant reduction in the number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost due to STH and schistosomiasis during the same period, from 6.3 to 3.5 million DALYs. The cumulative gain during the 19-year period was estimated at over 26 million DALYs. Given the low cost of the intervention, our study suggests that deworming for STH and schistosomiasis is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Annual number of DALYs lost due to STH 2000–2019 and coverage of preventive chemotherapy programmes for the control of STH in children.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Annual number of DALYs lost for schistosomiasis 2000–2019 and coverage of preventive chemotherapy programmes for the control of schistosomiasis in children.
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