Uganda

Uganda nurse recording treatment data

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)

Learn more about CWW's Uganda program partner, Dr. Jeremiahs Twa-Twa, in the September 2009 edition of the Quarterly Dose newsletter.

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