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020 _a9 789241 547109
050 _aWC 800 .W46 2006
100 _aCrompton,D.W.T.
110 _aWorld Health Organization
245 0 _aPreventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis:coordinated use of anthelminthic drugs in control interventions : a manual for health professionals and programme managers.
260 _aGeneva
_bWorld Health Organization
_c2006
300 _aix,62p.
500 _aDiscusses the need to use preventive chemotherapy to avert widespread morbidity that accompanies helminth and other infections.Provides drugs recommended by WHO in preventive chemotherapy interventions, the threshold for implementing the invention and the frequency of intervention.Examines how to implement preventive chemotherapy in special risk groups like pregnant women and children under 5 years.Evaluates the impact of preventive chemotherapy on morbidity and transmission and the threat of drug resistance and monitoring drug efficacy
650 _aDrug Therapy|Helminthiasis|Community Health Services|Community Health Aides
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_cBK
999 _c2545
_d2545