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Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP. Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm.
In 2015, a review in a World Bank journal concluded that evidence supports a benefit with respect to school attendance and long term income. [19] A Cochrane review updated in 2019 found that high-quality medical evidence on mass deworming of children did not support beneficial effect on school performance, body weight, cognition, and rates of ...
Children Without Worms (CWW) is a program of the Task Force for Global Health and envisions a world in which all at-risk people, specifically targeting children, are healthy and free of worm infections (helminthiases) so they can develop to their full potential.
Video:Doctor warns against using animal deworming drug to treat COVID-19 The cause of pinworms is often “suboptimal hygiene,” such as when someone eats something without washing their hands.
Hookworm infection is an infection by a type of intestinal parasite known as a hookworm. [1] [5] Initially, itching and a rash may occur at the site of infection.Those only affected by a few worms may show no symptoms.
On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep is a Christianity-based infant management book written by Gary Ezzo and pediatrician Robert Bucknam in 1993. [1] Baby Wise presents an infant care program which the authors say will cause babies to sleep through the night beginning between seven and nine weeks of age. It ...
In 2013, Evidence Action was founded to manage and scale the Deworm the World Initiative. [9] USAID delivers deworming medication to school children in Vietnam. Since the initial rollout of Deworm the World, Kremer and Miguel's findings have been challenged by replications and further studies showing more muted effects of deworming on school ...
Toxocariasis is an illness of humans caused by the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis) and, less frequently, the cat roundworm (Toxocara cati). [1] These are the most common intestinal roundworms of dogs, coyotes, wolves and foxes and domestic cats, respectively. [2]