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Launch: Policy Paper on regular deworming treatment for women of reproductive age

World Health Organization (WHO)

Part of World NTD Day 2022

Past Event

Tuesday, Feb 01, 2022
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (UTC)

Registration Required

Hosts

World Health Organization (WHO)

Languages

English
English

Channels

Awareness Days

Gender

Health

Sustainable Development

Women of reproductive age living in countries where soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomes are endemic are particularly vulnerable to damages caused by infection with these worms. These include anaemia, micronutrient deficiencies and female genital schistosomiasis.

Damage adversely affects not only the health of the women themselves but also that of their newborns. It is therefore critical to scale up deworming programmes for women of reproductive age if we are to reach both the 2030 NTD road map and SDG targets.

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Hosts

World Health Organization (WHO)