Does Mass Deworming Affect Child Nutrition? Meta-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, and Statistical Power

Kevin Croke

The WHO has recently debated whether to reaffirm its long-standing recommendation of mass drug administration (MDA) in areas with more than 20 percent prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (hookworm, whipworm, and roundworm). There is consensus that the relevant deworming drugs are safe and effective, so the key question facing policymakers is whether the expected benefits of MDA exceed the roughly

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Croke, Kevin
Other Persons:	Miguel, Edward (contributor) ; Hicks, Joan Hamory (contributor) ; Kremer, Michael (contributor) ; Hsu, Eric (contributor) ; Croke, Kevin (contributor)
Publisher:	2016: Washington, D.C : The World Bank
Subject:	Ernährung \| Nutrition \| Meta-Analyse \| Meta-analysis \| Kinder \| Children \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Arzneimittel \| Pharmaceuticals \| Infektionskrankheit \| Infectious disease \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Gesundheitskosten \| Health care costs

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (61 p)
Series:	World Bank E-Library Archive
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1596/1813-9450-7921 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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