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Short communication: Soil‐transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control
Author(s) -
Kabatereine N. B.,
Tukahebwa E. M.,
Kazibwe F.,
TwaTwa J. M.,
Barenzi J. F. Z.,
Zaramba S.,
Stothard J. R.,
Fenwick A.,
Brooker S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , trichuris trichiura , helminthiasis , environmental health , epidemiology , medicine , albendazole , trichuriasis , helminths , ascariasis , veterinary medicine , necator americanus , immunology , surgery
Summary A countrywide description of the distribution of soil‐transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren 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 schoolchild treated with albendazole is estimated to be between US$ 0.04 and 0.08 in different districts.