Where We Work
Children Without Worms (CWW) works with Ministries of Health and Education and non-governmental organizations in multiple countries around the world to administer mebendazole donated by Johnson & Johnson and albendazole donated by GlaxoSmithKline and to promote the WASHED Framework. Click any country or picture to learn more about the CWW's work in the country and to see pictures of the school-age children (SAC) and the people who help CWW do this important work.
Bangladesh
Recipient government agency: Filariasis Elimination and STH Control Program, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
STH prevalence: A baseline survey, carried out in 2005 in collaboration with WHO, revealed that 79.8% of school-age children (SAC) were infected with STH
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 4.5 million (20% of at-risk SAC population)
Cambodia
Recipient government agency: National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: Parasitological surveys conducted in 2000-2002 revealed STH prevalence rates ranging from 9.6% to 81%
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2008
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 2.75 million (100% of at-risk SAC population)
Cameroon
Recipient government agency: National Program for Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiasis, Ministry of Public Health
STH prevalence: Baseline surveys between 1985 and 1987 indicated overall prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm in Cameroon's school-age children was 42.6%, 53.4% and 14.7%, respectively
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 4 million (80% of at-risk SAC population)
Cape Verde
Recipient government agency: National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: A 2005 parasitological survey by WFP, WHO, and ICASE revealed a prevalence rate of 49% among school-age children
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2008
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 80,000 (100% of at-risk SAC population)
Lao PDR
Recipient government agency: The Task Force for School Health, The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: Parasitological surveys carried out between 2000 and 2002 revealed a prevalence rate ranging from 27% to 96%
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2008
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 1 million (100% of at-risk SAC population)
Nicaragua
Recipient government agency: National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: Baseline surveys carried out in 2005 in 5 districts revealed an overall prevalence rate of 49%
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2008
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 1.5 million (100% of at-risk SAC population)
Uganda
Recipient government agency: School Health Division, Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: Baseline surveys conducted in 46 of Uganda's 56 districts between 1998 and 2005 indicated prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm was 6.3%, 5.0% and 43.5%, respectively
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 4.5 million (30% of at-risk SAC population)
Zambia
Recipient government agency: Ministry of Health
STH prevalence: Extrapolation of results of a baseline survey carried out in 2005 indicated that all districts were highly endemic
Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007
Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 1.3 million (25% of at-risk SAC population)