Essays about: "mass deworming"

Found 2 essays containing the words mass deworming.

1. 1. Resistens hos hästens små blodmaskar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Emilia Horn; [2018]
   Keywords : små blodmaskar; strongylider; Cyathostominae spp; häst; resistens; behandling; kontrollmetoder;

   Abstract : Hästens små blodmaskar är hästens vanligaste endoparasiter. Sjukdom är vanligen asymtomatisk, men vid hög parasitbörda kan diarré, plötslig viktminskning, trötthet och svaghet ses. Hästarna kan också drabbas av larval cyathostominos som orsakas av ett massutträde av larver ur tarmslemhinnan och som i värsta fall kan leda till döden. READ MORE

3. 2. Reducing the ‘Neglect’ in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Review of the Debate surrounding the Effectiveness of Mass Deworming – A Case Study of Kenya –

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Kim Brigitzer; [2016]
   Keywords : Kenya; Neglected tropical diseases; NTD discourse; mass deworming; soil-transmitted helminths; the ‘Other’; World Health Organization;

   Abstract : Neglected tropical diseases are parasitic and bacterial diseases mainly prevalent in developing countries affecting people living in poverty. The World Health Organization’s human rights-based approach emphasizes the “prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases” through the use of preventative chemotherapy, such as the mass administration of deworming drugs to improve people’s health. READ MORE