School Water,Sanitation, and Hygiene,Soil-Transmitted Helminths,and Schistosomes: National Mapping in Ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Jack E. T. Grimes Gemechu Tadesse Kalkidan Mekete Yonas Wuletaw Abeba Gebretsadik Michael D. French Wendy E. Harrison Lesley J. Drake Iain A. Gardiner Elodie Yard Michael R. Templeton |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundIt is thought that improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) might reduce the transmission of schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths, owing to their life cycles. However, few large-scale studies have yet assessed the real extent of associations between WASH and these parasites.Conclusions/SignificanceImproving school WASH may reduce transmission of these parasites. However, different forms of WASH appear to have different effects on infection with the various parasites, with our analysis finding the strongest associations between water and S. mansoni, sanitation and A. lumbricoides, and hygiene and hookworm. |
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