High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren.
Eindra AungKay Thwe HanCatherine A GordonNyein Nyein HlaingMoe Moe AyeMyo Win HtunKhin Thet WaiSu Mon MyatThida Lay ThweAung TunKinley WangdiYuesheng LiGail M WilliamsArchie C A ClementsSusana Vaz NeryDonald P McManusDarren J GrayPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2022)
Despite bi-annual deworming of schoolchildren in the fourth-grade and below, STH prevalence remains stubbornly high. These results informed the expansion of the Myanmar National STH control programme to include all school-aged children by the Ministry of Health and Sports in 2017, however further expansion to the whole community should be considered along with improving sanitation and hygiene measures. This would be augmented by rigorous monitoring and evaluation, including national prevalence surveys.