Abstract

The cost of delivering and sustaining a control programme for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis

Guyatt H
Acta Trop. 2003;86267-74

Permenent descriptor

Large-scale chemotherapy programmes for helminth control continue to rely heavily on donor support. This is despite more than a 10-fold reduction in delivery costs from integrating drug distribution through the school system rather than using mobile teams and a marked decline in the price of albendazole and praziquantel. Even at these low prices (