Do mass deworming efforts improve the developmental health and well-being of children in low-and middle-income countries? Summary of the evidence and implications for public health programmes

ObjectiveThis evidence summary of a Campbell systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of mass deworming for soil transmitted helminthes with or without deworming for schistosomiasis or co-interventions on growth, educational achievement, cognition, school attendance, quality of life and adverse effects in children from randomized trials, quasi-randomized trials, controlled before after studies, interrupted time series and quasi-experimental...