Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of mass drug administration and school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Vietnam
Current guidelines and targets for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control focus on school-based deworming for school-age children. However, expanding deworming to all age groups may achieve improved STH control among both the community in general and school-age children, by reducing their risk of reinfection. This trial aims to compare school-based targeted deworming with community-wide mass deworming in terms of impact on STH infections among school-age children.
| Countries | South – East Asian Countries |
| Diseases | STH |
| Drugs | Albendazole |
| Research Discipline | Health Economic Analyses |
| Contact Person | Associate Professor Susana Vaz Nery |
| Link to Project | https://kirby.unsw.edu.au/project/community-deworming-against-soil-tran… |
| Partner Organisations or Research Institutions involved | Tay Nguyen University, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam Center for Parasitic Diseases Control & Prevention, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam Department of Education & Training, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam University of Melbourne Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| Approximate project duration | 2018 – 2021 |