Chapter List:

1.  Benefits of deworming

– Soil-transmitted helminths

– Global distribution of STH infections

– Why treat children with worms?

– Why give children Vitamin A supplements?

- Practical reason for simultaneous dlivery of Vitamin A supplements and deworming tablets

2.  Practical issues about deworming drugs

– Drug safety

– Drug distribution

– Deworming drugs

3.  Country experiences

– Nepal:  The national Vitamin A Plus programme

– Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: National Child Health Days

– Cambodia:  Using outreach services