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Prioritizing high-risk populations for soil-transmitted helminth control in the Western Pacific Region

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: To achieve targets set within the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the 2021–2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Roadmap, the World Health Organization (WHO) identify the need for improved data analytics to inform NTD control programs.1,2 While a recent study delivers high-resolution geospatial soil transmitted helminth (STH) infection prevalence estimates across the Western Pacific Region (WPR),3 the underlying data that inform the modeling highlight opportunities to re-consider the current classification of populations that are prioritized for STH control interventions.

Source: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101618

Authors: Kefyalew Addis Alene, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Beth Gilmour

Institutions: The Kids Research Institute Australia, Curtin University, University of Gondar

Language: English

Topic: Parasites and Host Interactions

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,250