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Including women in deworming the world

The Lancet Microbe

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“Every girl and every woman of a reproductive age who is infected with soil-transmitted helminths has the right to be treated.” That is the opening line of The Bellagio Declaration, a commitment made in 2017 by a WHO Advisory Group that aimed to promote the inclusion of women and girls in deworming programmes. According to the 2020 WHO Progress Report, an estimated 108 million adolescent girls and 138·8 million pregnant women require treatment for at least one of the soil-transmitted helminths—Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms).

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“Every girl and every woman of a reproductive age who is infected with soil-transmitted helminths has the right to be treated.” That is the opening line of The Bellagio Declaration, a commitment made in 2017 by a WHO Advisory Group that aimed to promote the inclusion of women and girls in deworming programmes. According to the 2020 WHO Progress Report, an estimated 108 million adolescent girls and 138·8 million pregnant women require treatment for at least one of the soil-transmitted helminths—Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms).

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“Every girl and every woman of a reproductive age who is infected with soil-transmitted helminths has the right to be treated.” That is the opening line of The Bellagio Declaration, a commitment made in 2017 by a WHO Advisory Group that aimed to promote the inclusion of women and girls in deworming programmes. According to the 2020 WHO Progress Report, an estimated 108 million adolescent girls and 138·8 million pregnant women require treatment for at least one of the soil-transmitted helminths—Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms).

Key concepts: Deworming, Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus, Hookworm infection, Trichuriasis, Hookworm Infections

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