Effects of Public Health Interventions on Intestinal Parasitic Infections among School-Going Children in Murang’a County, Kenya,

Abstract

WHO indicates that intestinal parasitic infections form at least of a quarter of all human infections globally, affecting at least 2 billion people. School-going children are the worst affected by these infections with devastating effect on their growth and cognitive development. Following the WHO recommendation to control intestinal parasitic infections by deworming children in schools, the Government of Kenya rolled out School Deworming Program under the School Health Program in 2009. Despite the program, the prevalence of intestinal helminthic and protozoan infections remain high at 53.5% and 14.8% respectively. The main objective of the study was to investigate the effects of Public Health intervention on intestinal parasitic infections among school going children in Murang’a County, Kenya.