U.S., June 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07009613) titled 'Strongyloides Stercoralis Public Health Control in Rwanda' on May 17.
Brief Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued guideline for the public health control of Strongyloides stercoralis in endemic areas. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the WHO recommendations in Rwanda, specifically to intergrate the activities for the public health control of strongyloidiasis in the ongoing national programme for the control of the other soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis, that has been in place for several years. As additional objective, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of S. stercoralis in tw...