Status of Intestinal Helminth Infection in Schools Implementing the Home-Grown School Feeding Program and the Impact of the Program on Pupils in Anambra State, Nigeria.
Ogechukwu B AribodorChinyelu A EkwunifeSammy O Sam-WoboDennis N AribodorObiora S EjioforIfeoma K UgwuanyiJoseph Humphrey Kofi BonneyPublished in: Acta parasitologica (2021)
Intestinal helminthiasis remains a public health problem among pupils because environmental and behavioural risk factors persist. HGSFP improved school attendance and created opportunity for more inclusive participation of school-aged children for deworming. This has great potential in fast-tracking the elimination of intestinal helminthiasis. The present study consequently advocates the need to sustain HGSFP in schools.