Background Sanitation aims to sequester human feces and prevent exposure to fecal
pathogens. More than 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation …

Researchers have raised the possibility that soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections might
modify the host's immune response against other systemic infections. STH infections can …

Gotong royong merupakan salah satu nilai karakter kebangsaan Indonesia yang melekat
dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Meski demikian, saat ini banyak anak usia dini tumbuh …

Background In Kenya, over five million school age children (SAC) are estimated to be at risk
of parasitic worms causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis. As …

Abstract Background: Nutritional anemia in Indonesian children and adolescents is
generally regarded and treated as iron-deficient anemia, as it is in individuals in other age …

Background US policymakers are debating whether to expand the Medicare program by
lowering the age of eligibility. The goal of this study was to determine the association of …

Interventions that lead to reductions in soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) include
chemotherapy with anthelmintic drugs and improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene …

Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia, is a minority population and
placed behind in terms of socioeconomy, education and health. The Malaysian government …

Background Infectious diseases pose a significant risk to the health and well-being of
children and adolescents, and can even be life-threatening. Thus, our study aimed to …

Objectives To synthesise evidence on the effect of handwashing promotion interventions
targeting children, on diarrhoea, soil‐transmitted helminth infection and handwashing …