SynthesisBMC public health2017
Effects of deworming on child and maternal health: a literature review and meta-analysis.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children.Parasites & vectors · 2022Pooled it
- MICHELINdb: a web-based tool for mining of helminth-microbiota interaction datasets, and a meta-analysis of current research.Microbiome · 2020Pooled it
- A single presumptive deworming may not suffice to reduce the burden of intestinal parasitic infections during pregnancy in rural Amhara, Ethiopia.BMC research notes · 2025Trial
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- Determinants of anemia among children aged 6-23 months in Nepal: an alternative Bayesian modeling approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Infections with Soil-Transmitted Helminths in BaAka Pygmies Inhabiting the Rain Forests in the Central African Republic.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Deworming and micronutrient status by community open defecation prevalence: An observational study using nationally representative data from India, 2016-2018.PLoS medicine · 2024Observational
- Determinants of anemia severity levels among children aged 6-59 months in Ethiopia: Multilevel Bayesian statistical approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Iron supplementation and deworming during pregnancy reduces the risk of anemia and stunting in infants less than 2 years of age: a study from Sub-Saharan Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Prevalence and contributing factors of anaemia among children aged 6-24 months and 25-59 months in Mali.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Maternal and child nutrition in the Lives Saved Tool: Results of a recent update.Journal of global health · 2022Review
- Iron deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infection: classic and neglected connections.Parasitology research · 2022Review
- Condensed tannins act as anthelmintics by increasing the rigidity of the nematode cuticle.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Individual and community level predictors of utilization of deworming medications among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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- Utilization of Deworming Drugs and Its Individual and Community Level Predictors among Pregnant Married Women in Cameroon: A Multilevel Modeling.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of Deworming with Single-Dose Albendazole for Preschool-Aged Children in the Dominican Republic.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- Preventive chemotherapy and anthelmintic resistance of soil-transmitted helminths - Can we learn nothing from veterinary medicine?One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundSoil-transmitted helminth infections are widespread. Many studies have been published on the topic of deworming. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a software package that uses a deterministic mathematical model to estimate the effect of scaling up interventions on maternal and child health outcomes. This review investigates the scope of available evidence for benefits of deworming treatments in order to inform a decision about possible inclusion of deworming as an intervention in LiST.
methodsWe searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. We included studies that reported pre/post data in children younger than 5 years or pregnant women for outcomes related to mortality and growth. We excluded studies that compared different anthelminthic treatments but did not include a placebo or non-treatment group, and those that did not report post-intervention outcomes. We categorized articles by treated population (children younger than 5 years and pregnant women), experimental versus observational, mass drug administration (MDA) versus treatment, and reported outcome.
resultsWe identified 58 relevant trials; 27 investigated children younger than 5 years and 11 investigated pregnant women; one reported on both children younger than 5 years and pregnant women. We conducted meta-analyses of relevant outcomes in children younger than 5 years.
conclusionsDeworming did not show consistent benefits for indicators of mortality, anemia, or growth in children younger than five or women of reproductive age. We do not recommend including the effect of deworming in the LiST model.
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