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
Think Globally, Act Locally Incorporating Data into STH Program Decisions 19th – 20th June, 2022 Since 2008, through successful implementation of school-based deworming programs throughout Bangladesh, the worm infestation rate has … Read more The Bangladesh STH (Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis) Summit 2022
Dr. Khumbo Kalua acts as the Research Director of Malawi’s Blantyre Institute for Community Outreach (BICO), that works in collaboration with Ministries of Health and Education in Malawi, as well … Read more Dr. Khumbo Kalua
Dr. Matt Freeman is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Environmental Health, with joint appointments in the departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, at the Emory University Rollins School of … Read more Dr. Matthew Freeman
The 11th Annual Neglected Tropical Disease NGO (NNN) Conference will take place from Tuesday 8th – Thursday 10th September 2020. Originally scheduled to take place in Kathmandu, Nepal, the conference … Read more NNN 2020 Annual Conference
Purpose of the meeting: Implementing NTD mass drug administration (MDA) programs in remote regions of the world is a complex process fraught with hurdles that require logistical planning and careful … Read more CWW EVENT: NTD Supply Chain Forum Meeting
The Global M&E Framework, developed in collaboration with the STH Coalition and supporting partners, provides an overview of existing M&E tools and guidelines from WHO and other implementing partners. It … Read more Global Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
This manual describes how to conduct an Integrated Community-based Survey for Program Monitoring (ICSPM). The ICSPM is a probability household survey that measures prevalence of any STH infection and of … Read more ICSPM Reference Manual
807 million – 1,221 million people are infected with Ascaris, or roundworm — making it the most common human helminthic infection in the world.
An estimated 576 – 740 million people are infected with hookworm. Hookworm infections, while less prevalent than roundworm or whipworm infections, are responsible for the majority of deaths by STH infection.
Dr. Alejandro Krolewiecki is the National Director for Diseases and Risk Prevention in Argentina’s Ministry of Health. He also works as a researcher at the Tropical Diseases Research Institute at … Read more Dr. Alejandro Krolewiecki
An estimated 604 million – 795 million people are infected with Trichuris, or whipworm. Together with roundworm, these two STHs account for a major burden of disease worldwide.
Dr. Rachel Pullan is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the Department of Disease Control at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She leads the … Read more Dr. Rachel Pullan
A new paper1 published in the BMC Public Health shows that population-based disease mapping surveys such as the Integrated Community-Based Survey for Program Monitoring (ICSPM) can support monitoring for mature deworming programs that … Read more New CWW publication provides deworming program with evidence to adjust Mass Drug Administration
Davlin, S.L., Jones, A.H., Tahmina, S. et al. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in four districts in Bangladesh: household cluster surveys of prevalence and intervention status. BMC Public Health 20, 672 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08755-w
Eliana M. Alvarez Di Fino, Jorge Rubio, Marcelo C. Abril, Ximena Porcasi, María V. Periago. Risk map development for soil-transmitted helminth infections in Argentina. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. DOI: 0008000.
Kariane St-Denis, Brittany Blouin, Elham Rahme, Martin Casapia, Antonio Montresor, Denise Mupfasoni, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Theresa W. Gyorkos. Ruling out early trimester pregnancy when implementing community-based deworming programs. PLOS Neglected … Read more Ruling out early trimester pregnancy when implementing community-based deworming programs
“People, parasites, and poverty have a thriving relationship” said Vicente Y. Belizario, Jr., MD, MTM&H, and when it comes to intestinal worms, where Belizario has dedicated more than 30 years … Read more Continuing the War on Worms