deworming

Routine deworming of horses and donkeys may help prevent cross infection when kept together.

The bitter seeds can be pounded and mixed with water to make a deworming and ulcer medication.

Deworming of birds with anthelmintics can reduce exposure to the cecal nematode that carry the protozoan.

This lack of deworming of pregnant women is explained by the fact that most individuals still fear that anthelmintic treatment will result in adverse birth outcomes.

A number of prominent health organizations and experts have promoted the deworming of children in the developing world as a potentially effective public health and development strategy.

Among the health benefits of periodic deworming of schoolchildren are improvements in iron and hemoglobin status, physical growth and fitness, and cognition [20,21,22,23].

Subsequent advocacy by Kremer and Miguel led to the establishment of Deworm the World, a non-profit that works directly with governments to expand school-based deworming.

Miguel's research on deworming has been covered by the New York Times, as well as the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and Financial Times.

(Pfizer, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline donate millions of their patented deworming and antibiotic drugs, which can cost several dollars each in American pharmacies, to programs fighting other parasites.)

Regular deworming will largely eliminate the risk of this infection, and to prevent puppies representing a danger, most vets recommend that they should be treated from two weeks old onwards, as well as their mothers.

In 2001, the 54th World Health Assembly passed a resolution demanding member states to attain a minimum target of regular deworming of at least 75% of all at-risk school children by the year 2010.

Instead, we settle for control: for a few thousand lucky boys, an annual deworming that does not cure, but substantially cuts their parasite load, giving them a chance to grow up - and outgrow the swimming hole.