Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control.
NB Kabatereine;
EM Tukahebwa;
F Kazibwe;
JM Twa-Twa;
JFZ Barenzi;
S Zaramba;
JR Stothard;
A Fenwick;
S Brooker;
(2005)
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control.
Tropical medicine & international health, 10 (11).
pp. 1187-1189.
ISSN 1360-2276
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x
A country-wide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20-185 school-children from 271 schools. The overall prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm was 6.3%, 5.0% and 43.5%, respectively. The prevalence of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura was unevenly distributed in the country with prevalence greatest in south-western Uganda whereas hookworm was generally more homogeneously distributed. Based on preliminary cost analysis of an ongoing school-based control programme, the financial delivery cost per school-child treated with albendazole is estimated to be between US dollar 0.04 and 0.08 in different districts.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | soil-transmitted helminths, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, epidemiology, control, intervention costs, Uganda, Schistosomiasis |
| ISI | 232867800014 |