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Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis Nutrition and an Active Life: From Knowledge to Action
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Nutrition and an Active Life: From Knowledge to Action
This publication, written by leading international public health professionals, highlights 13 case studies on a variety of topics including control of vitamin A deficiency, folic acid fortification of bread, control of iodine deficiency disorders, and the contribution of research to infant breast-feeding policies, as well as successful community projects to promote increased physical activity and the role of urban planning and public transportation in reducing the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles, among other important topics. (© PAHO, 2005)
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:: Factsheet - Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis
:: Meeting Reports
- Control of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections in the English and French Speaking Caribbean: Towards World Health Assembly Resolution 54.19, 15-17 May 2007 Kingston, Jamaica
- Final Report: Workshop on Geohelminth Control in the Countries of Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic (Copán Ruinas, Honduras, 24-26 July 2007) (In Spanish)
- Framework for a Regional Program for Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis in the Americas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 26 June 2003) (DRAFT)
- Workshop on integrating deworming intervention into preschool child packages in the Americas - March 24-25, 2011
:: Publications and Documents
- Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis--Controlled Use of Antihelminthic Drugs: A Manual for Health Professionals and Programme Managers
- Training Manual on Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites
- Deworming for Health and Development
- Prevalence and intensity of infection of Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries
- El abordaje integral de las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas en América Latina y el Caribe: un imperativo ético para alcanzar la justicia y la equidad social (In Spanish)
- How to add deworming to vitamin A distribution
Gallery: Geohelmintiasis
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Prevalence and intensity of infection of Soil-transmitted Helminths in LA and the Caribbean Countries
First WHO Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases
A Call to Action: Addressing Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America & the Caribbean
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