Dr. Bruno Levecke is the coordinator of Starworms, a Gates Foundation-funded project that aims to develop and validate tools to strengthen monitoring and surveillance of drug efficacy and anthelmintic resistance … Read more Dr. Bruno Levecke
We propose 3 critical policy actions that constitute a paradigm shift in STH control and elimination that will increase eligible population reach and perhaps interrupt transmission and eliminate the parasites: … Read more Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)
We propose 3 critical policy actions that constitute a paradigm shift in STH control and elimination that will increase eligible population reach and perhaps interrupt transmission and eliminate the parasites: … Read more Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)
The present paper summarizes anthelmintic treatment coverage data over a 10-year period (2008–2018) from over 690 reports (reporting for more than 3.3 billion tablets) submitted to WHO by ministries of health. … Read more The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030
On November 1 and 2, 2017, the Committee met in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, in order to discuss the critical need to develop a data-driven guide to the … Read more Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020
On October 18–19, 2016, the Committee convened for 2 days in Basel, Switzerland, to review and discuss advances in operational research, anthelmintic treatment options, and diagnostic tools and strategies. Furthermore, programmatic … Read more Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination