2030 targets for soil-transmitted helminthiases control programmes

Download	The “NTD Roadmap”, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012,1 set two targets for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) by 2020, namely: 75% of preschool (pre-SAC) and school-age children (SAC) in need of treatment are regularly treated; and 75% coverage with preventive chemotherapy (PC) is achieved in pre-SAC and SAC in 100% of countries.