Understanding factors responsible for the slow decline of soil-transmitted helminthiasis following seven rounds of annual mass drug administration (2012–2018) among school children in endemic counties of Kenya: A mixed method study

Janet Masaku; Collins Okoyo; Sylvie Araka; Rosemary Musuva; Elizabeth Njambi; Doris W. Njomo; Charles Mwandawiro; Sammy M. Njenga

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011310

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Understanding factors responsible for the slow decline of soil-transmitted helminthiasis following seven rounds of annual mass drug administration (2012–2018) among school children in endemic counties of Kenya: A mixed method study

Janet Masaku ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mbinyamasaku@gmail.com, jmasaku@kemri.org

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-0989

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Collins Okoyo,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Sylvie Araka,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Rosemary Musuva,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya
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Elizabeth Njambi,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Doris W. Njomo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Charles Mwandawiro,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Sammy M. Njenga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Understanding factors responsible for the slow decline of soil-transmitted helminthiasis following seven rounds of annual mass drug administration (2012–2018) among school children in endemic counties of Kenya: A mixed method study

Janet Masaku,
Collins Okoyo,
Sylvie Araka,
Rosemary Musuva,
Elizabeth Njambi,
Doris W. Njomo,
Charles Mwandawiro,
Sammy M. Njenga

Published: May 4, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011310

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