The objective of the present document is to provide national control programmes with up-to-date guidelines on monitoring the efficacy of anthelminthic drugs administered in preventive chemotherapy programmes against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases. Guidance is provided on when and how to assess the efficacy of anthelminthics, including detailed recommendations on indicators of efficacy...

O objetivo deste documento é fornecer diretrizes atualizadas sobre o monitoramento da eficácia dos medicamentos anti-helmíntico administrados nos programas de quimioterapia preventiva contra a esquistossomose e as geo-helmintíases. São dadas orientações sobre como e quando avaliar a eficácia dos anti-helmínticos, inclusive recomendações detalhadas sobre os indicadores de eficácia...

A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) estima que infecções com os principais helmintos transmitidos pelo contato com o solo – ascaridídeos (Ascaris lumbricoides), tricocéfalos (Trichuris trichiura) e os ancilostomídeos (Ancylostoma duodenale e Necator americanus) – contribuíram com 5,18 milhões de AVAI em 2010.

 "A first draft of this manual was prepared by the World Health Organization (‎WHO)‎ in consultation with Professor David Crompton..."--Preface

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on preventive chemotherapy (deworming), as a public health intervention in areas endemic for soil-transmitted helminths, to decrease the worm burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections in children, adolescent girls, women of reproductive age and pregnant women, including those coinfected with HIV.