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The World Health Organization declares South Korea "essentially worm-free". [6] Soil-transmitted helminthiasis: South Korea 2001: The World Health Assembly declares the goal of 75% of schoolchildren in endemic areas receiving deworming treatment. [5]: 2 Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted helminthiasis [10] 2002: Organization
Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP. Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm.
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Smallpox is the first disease, and so far the only infectious disease of humans, to be eradicated by deliberate intervention. [6] It became the first disease for which there was an effective vaccine in 1798 when Edward Jenner showed the protective effect of inoculation (vaccination) of humans with material from cowpox lesions. [10]
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.
In the first mass deworming programme involving CWW, one million Ethiopean children were given mebendazole in 2007, and since 2013 annual mass deworming reached six million. [21] 14 endemic countries were covered during the first phase up to 2012. [22]
Worming may refer to: Deworming, the giving of an anthelmintic drug to a human or animal to rid them of internal parasites, including helminths; Oculolinctus, eyeball licking; Worm, parcel and serve, the act of applying protection to standing rigging on a boat
During this pre-WWII era, there are three big trends that operate separately, but sometimes affect each other in development and outcomes. First, a trend of urbanization (fueled by the Industrial Revolution) as well as greater global trade and migration leads to new challenges, including those in urban sanitation and infectious diseases/pandemics.