School-based deworming program yields small improvement in growth of Zanzibari school children after one year

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Stoltzfus, Rebecca J; Albonico, Marco; Tielsch, James M; Chwaya, Hababu M; Savioli, Lorenzo | Copyright information

School-Based Deworming Program Yields Small Improvement in Growth of Zanzibari School Children after One Year'23

Rebecca J. Stoltzfus,4 Marco Albonico,* James M. Tielsch, Hababu M. Chwaya(dagger) and Lorenzo Savioli*

ABSTRACT Efficacy trials of antihelminthic therapies conducted in Africa have reported improvements in children's growth, but nutritional evaluations of large-scale deworming programs are lacking. We evaluated the firstyear effect on growth of a school-based dewor...

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