This rigorous randomized evaluation helped establish the case for school-based deworming as a highly effective intervention. Deworming in schools reduced school absenteeism by 25% and with the low cost of treatment...
This study examines school-based deworming in Kenya that began in 1998 to determine whether child health gains improve adult living standards. The results show that individuals who received two to three more years of...
Levelling the Playing Field provides an overview of the challenges to school-age children’s health and nutrition, and the impact of these on education. Sick children do not go to school and even when they do attend...
Reliable and updated maps of helminth (worm) infection distributions are essential to target treatment to populations in greatest need. However, the data are rarely available in a form that is accessible to policy-...
This bulletin summarizes the evaluations of and results from the Primary School Deworming Project (PSDP) which was run in western Kenya between 1998 and 2001, and highlights Deworm the World's programs as examples of...
WHERE WE WORK
DEWORMING SPOTLIGHT
17 million school-age children were treated for parasitic worms by the Government of Bihar in partnership with Deworm the World in 2011.
Targeting children in over 67,000 schools across 38 districts, this is the world’s largest school-based deworming program. Find out more...