Cochrane Reviews on Deworming and the Right to a Healthy, Worm-Free Life | Zendy

Nilanthi de Silva | Zendy; BeNazir Ahmed | Zendy; Martín Casapía | Zendy; H. J. de Silva | Zendy; John O. Gyapong | Zendy; Mwelecele N. Malecela | Zendy; A. Pathmeswaran | Zendy

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Cochrane Reviews on Deworming and the Right to a Healthy, Worm-Free Life

Author(s) -

Nilanthi de Silva,

BeNazir Ahmed,

Martín Casapía,

H. J. de Silva,

John O. Gyapong,

Mwelecele N. Malecela,

A. Pathmeswaran

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos neglected tropical diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99

H-Index - 135

eISSN - 1935-2735

pISSN - 1935-2727

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004203

Subject(s) - deworming , medicine , neglected tropical diseases , helminths , environmental health , immunology , public health , pathology

The Cochrane Library has recently published a 160-page, updated systematic review on deworming drugs for soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children, which concludes, “Treating children known to have worm infection may have some nutritional benefits for the individual. However, in mass treatment of all children in endemic areas, there is now substantial evidence that this does not improve average nutritional status, haemoglobin, cognition, school performance, or survival” [1].

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