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Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2006

Effect on weight gain of routinely giving albendazole to preschool children during child health days in Uganda: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Harold Alderman, Joseph Konde-Lule, Isaac Sebuliba, Donald Bundy, Andrew Hall

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Harold AldermanWorld Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA. halderman@worldbank.org
Joseph Konde-Lule
Isaac Sebuliba
Donald Bundy
Andrew Hall
Makerere University · UGWorld Bank · USUniversity of Westminster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo estimate the effectiveness of delivering an anthelmintic through a community child health programme on the weight gain of preschool children in Uganda.

designCluster randomised controlled trial.

settingEastern Uganda.

participants48 parishes participating in a new programme for child health: 24 offered children an additional service of anthelmintic treatment. The outcome is based on measurements from 27,995 children.

interventionTreatment of children aged between 1 and 7 years with 400 mg albendazole added to standard services offered during child health days over a three year period.

main outcome measureWeight gain.

resultsThe provision of periodic anthelmintic treatment as a part of child health services in Uganda resulted in an increase in weight gain of about 10% (166 g per child per year, 95% confidence interval 16 to 316) above expected weight gain when treatments were given twice a year, and an increase of 5% when the treatment was given annually.

conclusionDeworming of preschool children in Uganda as part of regularly scheduled health services seems practical and associated with increased weight gain.

Indexed as

AlbendazoleAnthelminticsChildChild, PreschoolHelminthiasisHumansInfantUgandaWeight GainAlbendazoleAnthelmintics

Identifiers

PMID16790460
PMCPMC1502184
OpenAlexW1972213860

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