Hookworm and Ascaris Infections among School-Aged Children in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria

Parasitic helminthes are the most common cause of chronic infection in humans in most developing countries. Many communities are in dire need of essential amenities like good portable water, basic, good health and education. Lack of these basic amenities are common in rural communities and urban slums in Nigeria. 

Ascaris lumbricoides

To this effect children growing up in such communities are expected to be infected and re-infected constantly in their life time. The public health implication of this infection includes stunted growth, malnutrition impairment of intestinal and cognitive development in school aged child . High infestation of helminthic infection among children in developing countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa mirrors severe shortage in health care, education, transport and poverty. Read More>>>>>>>