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Deworming During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Updates From Our Country Programs

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Post published:August 30, 2021
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In the past few months, despite continued school closures, disruption to global supply chains, and new waves of COVID-19 infections, our Deworm the World Initiative has remained active across every…

Meet Intizar Ahmed – Manager, Deworm the World Initiative, Pakistan

Post author:Kristen Pantano
Post published:August 26, 2021
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Pakistan is estimated to be among the ten most affected countries by soil-transmitted helminths (STH), a parasitic worm infection. To understand the magnitude of the problem, in 2016 we supported…

The Economic Impacts of Deworming: A Conversation Between Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, and Kanika Bahl

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Post published:June 10, 2021
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In this video, our CEO Kanika Bahl discusses with Nobel laureate Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel the extraordinarily high and sustained social and economic returns of school-based deworming, and how…

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