Listing of STH and NTD-related articles, analyses and publications led by CWW.
Posted: November 24, 2025
STH Working Group Introductory Calls
On October 21st, 23rd, 28th, and 30th, CWW led 60-minute introductory calls for the four proposed working groups that emerged from the July 2025 STH Convening. The proposed working groups … Read more STH Working Group Introductory Calls
Posted: November 4, 2025
STH Convening Memo
On July 16 and 17, 2025, 46 professionals from the STH community came together for a remote convening to develop practical solutions to strengthen effective drug use to support the … Read more STH Convening Memo
Published: March 25, 2025 | File type: External Link
Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)
Paul M. Emerson, Darin Evans, Matthew C. Freeman, Christy Hanson, Khumbo Kalua, Jennifer Keiser, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Lynn Leonard, Bruno Levecke, Sultani Matendechero, Arianna Rubin Means, Antonio Montresor, Denise Mupfasoni, Rachel L. Pullan, Lisa A. Rotondo, Mariana Stephens, Kristin M. Sullivan, Judd L. Walson, Tijana Williams, Jürg Utzinger
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)
Published: February 4, 2025 | File type: External Link
Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda
Benjamin Tinkitina, Prudence Beinamaryo, Hilda Kyarisiima, Betty Nabatte, Moses Arinaitwe, Alfred Mubangizi, Paul Emerson, Kristin M. Sullivan
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, commonly caused by roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichiura), and hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale), were widespread among Ugandan schoolchildren in the late 1990s and … Read more Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda
Published: December 6, 2023 | File type: External Link
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: A Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data
Daniel J. F. Gerber,Sanjaya Dhakal,Md. Nazmul Islam,Abdullah Al Kawsar, Md. Abul Khair, Md. Mujibur Rahman, Md. Jahirul Karim, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, M. M. Aktaruzzaman, Cara Tupps, Mariana Stephens, Paul M. Emerson, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou
In Bangladesh, preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in school-age children has been implemented since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy, surveys were conducted between 2017 and … Read more Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: A Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data
Published: November 26, 2023 | File type: PDF
Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Uganda: Results from population-based prevalence surveys in five districts
Benjamin Tinkitina, Prudence Beinamaryo, Moses Adriko, Betty Nabatte, Moses Arinaitwe, Alfred Mubangizi, Paul Emerson, Sanjaya Dhakal, Kristin M. Sullivan
In March and May of 2022, we conducted follow-up surveys in five districts to determine how well the deworming campaigns have reduced infection prevalence in these communities. Among surveyed groups … Read more Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Uganda: Results from population-based prevalence surveys in five districts
Published: January 26, 2023 | File type: PDF
Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection (Review)
Joshua V Garn, Jennifer L Wilkers, Ashley A Meehan, Lisa M Pfadenhauer, Jacob Burns, Rubina Imtiaz, Matthew C Freeman
Published on the Cochrane Library’s Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the review Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection was written by Garn et al. … Read more Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection (Review)
Published: August 20, 2021 | File type: PDF
Increasing efficiencies from integrating control and elimination programmes for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis
David Rollinson, Girija Sankar, Mariana Stephens, Anouk Gouvras, Johannes Waltz, Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, and Rubina Imtiaz
Children Without Worms, secretariat of The Soil-transmitted Helminth (STH) Coalition, advocates for renewed efforts of collaboration with Global Schistosomiasis (SCH) Alliance and relevant stakeholders to scale up control programs for … Read more Increasing efficiencies from integrating control and elimination programmes for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis
Published: January 17, 2021 | File type: PDF
Post-intervention epidemiology of STH in Bangladesh: Data to sustain the gains
Sanjaya Dhakal, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Abdullah Al Kawsar, Jasmine Irish, Mujibur Rahman, Cara Tupps, Ashraful Kabir, Rubina Imtiaz
The government of Bangladesh conducted school-based mass drug administration (MDA) for over 10 years to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. School-based evaluations of MDA indicate a reduction in STH burden … Read more Post-intervention epidemiology of STH in Bangladesh: Data to sustain the gains
Published: December 1, 2020 | File type: External Link
COVID-19 in the least developed, fragile, and conflict-affected countries — How can the most vulnerable be protected?
Shahul H. Ebrahim, Ernesto Gozzer, Yusuf Ahmed, Rubina Imtiaz, John Ditekemena, N.M. Mujeeb Rahman, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Ziad A. Memish
Ebrahim, S. H., Gozzer, E., Ahmed, Y., Imtiaz, R., Ditekemena, J., Rahman, N. M. M., Schlagenhauf, P., Alqahtani, S. A., & Memish, Z. A. (2021). COVID-19 in the least developed, … Read more COVID-19 in the least developed, fragile, and conflict-affected countries — How can the most vulnerable be protected?
Published: November 6, 2020 | File type: External Link
The NTD Supply Chain Forum—Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs
Ashley A. Souza, Cassandra Holloway, Tijana Williams
Souza AA, Holloway C, Williams T (2020) The NTD Supply Chain Forum—Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(11): e0008818. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008818
Listing of outputs from STH Advisory Committee meetings.
Posted: March 25, 2025
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)
Posted: March 25, 2025
The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030
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
Posted: March 25, 2025
Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020
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
Posted: March 25, 2025
Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination
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