A cluster RCT of the impact of a community-based hygiene and sanitation programme on infection with intestinal parasites following mass albendazole chemotherapy in Timor-Leste

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1013713

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Intestinal parasites cause anaemia, stunting, wasting and poor mental development in childhood, and are related to poverty and poor hygiene. Treatment with antiparasitic drugs cures infections in human hosts, but does not prevent rapid re-infection when people contact a parasite-contaminated environment. We will quantify the impact of a hygiene and sanitation programme that reduces environmental contamination in communities that receive mass treatment with the antiparasitic drug albendazole.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Partnerships

Funding Amount: $1,178,136.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

gastrointestinal infections | hookworm infection | nematode infections | parasitic disease | randomised controlled trial (RCT) | water supply

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