Elimination of STH morbidity in Zimbabwe: Results of 6 years of deworming intervention for school-age children

Nicholas Midzi; Antonio Montresor; Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza; Claudio Fronterre; Portia Manangazira; Isaac Phiri; Olatunji Johnson; Gibson Mhlanga; Peter J. Diggle

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008739

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Elimination of STH morbidity in Zimbabwe: Results of 6 years of deworming intervention for school-age children

Nicholas Midzi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Antonio Montresor ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: montresora@who.int

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-8872

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Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Claudio Fronterre,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-9727

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Portia Manangazira,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-3500

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Isaac Phiri,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe
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Olatunji Johnson,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4080-0999

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Gibson Mhlanga,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Preventive Services, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe
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Peter J. Diggle

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-5020

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Elimination of STH morbidity in Zimbabwe: Results of 6 years of deworming intervention for school-age children

Nicholas Midzi,
Antonio Montresor,
Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza,
Claudio Fronterre,
Portia Manangazira,
Isaac Phiri,
Olatunji Johnson,
Gibson Mhlanga,
Peter J. Diggle

Published: October 23, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008739

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