Deworm the World: Pandemic-Related Program Adaptations Continuing into the Future

With increased COVID vaccination rates and eased pandemic-era restrictions, deworming programs across the geographies in which we work are experiencing some sustained reprieve - schools have reopened and attendance rates…

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Reductions in Total Deworming Treatment Figures Represent Progress Toward Deworm the World’s Goal: Here’s Why

In 2019, our Deworm the World Initiative supported treatment of over 280 million children—around one-quarter of the total at-risk child population globally—according to the treatment figures reported by our government…

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Rapidly Training Over One Million Frontline Workers for Deworming During COVID-19 in India

Due to the risk of COVID-19, in most states the Government of India mandated the closure of schools and preschools from March 2020—closures which are still in place and are…

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