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The Effect of Deworming School Children on Anemia Prevalence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Interventions for Addressing Anemia Among Children and Adolescents: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Pooled it
- Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community: Results from the DeWorm3 Trial in southern India.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Trial
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- A silent crisis: two decades of anaemia trends among women in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2000-2019).Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia Screening and Management in Young Children: India and Southeast Asia Consensus.Anemia · 2025Article
- Gut-microbiome profiles among Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infected Ethiopian children enrolled in the school-based mass deworming program.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Factors influencing stunted growth in children: A study in Bandung regency focusing on a deworming program.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2024Article
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- Biology of Anemia: A Public Health Perspective.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices and deworming improve nutritional status and anemia of unmarried adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and associated risk factors among primary school children in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional analytical study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Determinants of anemia severity levels among children aged 6-59 months in Ethiopia: Multilevel Bayesian statistical approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Spatial variation and attributable risk factors of anaemia among young children in Uganda: Evidence from a nationally representative survey.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12-59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2023Article
- Child anemia in Cambodia: A descriptive analysis of temporal and geospatial trends and logistic regression-based examination of factors associated with anemia in children.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionHigh prevalence of anemia attributable to intestinal parasite infection occurs among children in developing countries. As a result mass treatment of all children with anti-helminthic drugs particularly in school setting is being implemented. There are few studies conducted to assess impact of deworming on anemia prevalence among school children with inconclusive finding. Therefore we aimed to conduct a systematic review on impact assessment of deworming on anemia prevalence or hemoglobin level of school children so that policy makers and other stalk holders could have pooled evidence on the direction to make decision.
methodsThe review was conducted through a systematic literature search of articles published between 1998 and 2015. Five bibliographic databases and libraries: PubMed/Medline, Global Health Database, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and African Index Medicus were used. After cleaning and sorting, analysis was performed using STATA version 11. The pooled estimate was through a fixed-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed by the I
resultsEight studies were retained for final analysis which enrolled a total of 1,005,239 school children. The overall change in the hemoglobin level after deworming was 1.62(95%CI=1.01-2.25) gram/deciliter. There was no difference between the random effect model and the fixed effect model. The prevalence of anemia was markedly changed after the program, particularly in the studies which implemented deworming with hygiene program, co-administration of iron and retinol. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: School based deworming program decreases prevalence of anemia and will contribute to reduction of anemia in the community. Therefore the program should be expanded in all areas and integrated with other child care programs.
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