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the transmission and the need of changing behavior
and adopting simple healthy behaviors.”
The governments of Bangladesh, Uganda, and
Zambia also received donations in 2007, and four
additional countries – Cambodia, Cape Verde, Laos, and
Nicaragua – are receiving mebendazole donations in 2008.
Children Without Worms relies on an independent
body of experts – the Mebendazole
Advisory Committee – to provide
strategic and technical guidance to
ensure mebendazole donations have the
greatest positive impact and to facilitate
decisions on country selection. The
recipient countries were selected through
a rigorous call-for-proposals process.
“Our mission is to reduce the
global burden of childhood STH
infections with the development of
effective strategies to treat, control,
and prevent STH infections,” says Kim.
“We will help to free many of the
world’s children of intestinal worms
PREVENTING DISEASES & REDUCING STIGMA
“STH robs children
of healthy nutrients
that help them grow
and thrive and be
productive citizens of
their community.”
KIM KOPORC,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
CHILDREN WITHOUT WORMS
so they can grow, play, learn, and enrich their communities.”
“Our strategy is to work with government programs
to implement a comprehensive STH control policy that
includes treatment and prevention activities,” says Kim.
“The program envisions an ultimate shift in emphasis
from regular mass de-worming to provision of hygiene
education and improved sanitation to reduce transmission
and eliminate the need for perpetual
treatment.”
Beyond the Children Without
Worms initiative, Johnson & Johnson
has supported many de-worming
efforts over the years, including a
program in Brazil with INMED
Partnerships for Children to treat
thousands of children and to provide
funding that trains teachers and
parents in nutrition and safe water
maintenance. Similar efforts are
underway in the Philippines and
Vietnam with local governments
and in-country partners. �
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