Intestinal parasitic infections are common infectious diseases causing many health
problems and impaired growth and physical development.. Children under five years old are …

Underweight is body weight that is too low for a normal healthy adult or child. It is also
known by various other names such as wasting, emaciation, thinness, stunting, etc., and is …

The study objectives were to determine the nutritional status of children between the ages of
12–60 months and to establish the association between attending preschool and the …

In most endemic sub-Saharan African countries, repeated infections with soil-transmitted
helminth (STH) occur as early as six weeks after the end of mass drug administration (MDA) …

Background Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis continue to cause serious
health problems among affected communities. To ensure that infection transmission levels …

Background Pre-school-aged children are always excluded in mass intervention policies for
control of soil-transmitted helminths in Nigera. The need for evidence on infectivity of …

Objective Schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis are major public health problems with
school-aged children considered the most at-risk group. Pre-school aged children (PSAC) …

Polyparasitism is widespread in many communities in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, there
is paucity of data on polyparasitism in infants and preschool‐aged children (IPSAC), to …

Introducción: La problemática del elevado índice de malnutrición a nivel mundial se
relaciona con factores causales comunes relacionados con la escolaridad materna, que …

Geohelminthiasis among children in the Abraka metropolis is a serious public health
concern. A total of 217 (124 and 93 for dry and wet seasons respectively) schoolchildren …