Beyond deworming: the promotion of school-health-based interventions by Japan.
Deworming bestows a variety of health and socioeconomic benefits and has been embraced by developing countries. To extend the beneficial impact of deworming, the Asian Centre of International Parasite Control (ACIPAC) project has carried out activities to link deworming with health-promoting school programs in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam). ACIPAC has also conducted an integrated school-health-based program, including deworming and malaria education, under the umbrella of the health-promoting schools initiative. Implementing "beyond-deworming" efforts is now a practical challenge in the subregion.
Kobayashi
Jun
J
Bureau of International Cooperation, International Medical Centre of Japan (IMCJ), Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan. j-kobayashi@it.imcj.go.jp
Jimba
Masamine
M
Okabayashi
Hironori
H
Singhasivanon
Pratap
P
Waikagul
Jitra
J
D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D002648:Child; D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D016730:Program Development; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends