RVF has initiated programs to address the elimination of intestinal parasites in school-aged children in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
To date, over 10 million individuals have received deworming treatment and hygiene education. The programs focus on regions that are underserved and have high poverty rates. The medications used in the programs, mebendozol and albendazol, and praziquantel are safe, highly effective and inexpensive.
Children with worms suffer from reduced growth rates, learning problems and poor school attendance, malnutrition and anemia. The Foundation’s deworming programs aim to not only improve their health, but educational prospects as well.
RVF Deworming Programs
- Successful Cross-Border Training in Tajikistan Builds Local Diagnostic Capacity In Preparation for Nationwide Deworming Campaign
- Deworming In Tajikistan
- Nationwide Deworming Campaign in Kyrgyzstan
- Initiative in Azerbaijan to Eliminate Intestinal Parasites in Schoolchildren
- Deworming Campaign in Tajikistan Completed