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WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children's health and nutrition

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1 Oct 2017

29 SEPTEMBER 2017 | GENEVA - Periodic deworming programmes with a single-tablet treatment can drastically reduce the suffering of those infected with parasitic intestinal worms and protect the 1.5 billion people currently estimated to be at risk.

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Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis
Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination
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