Sierra Leone
STACC/SL is a
Sierra Leonean NGO registered with the government and is running a widely
appreciated and successful School Helminth Control Programme (SHCP). The helminths
are intestinal worms (hookworm, roundworm and whipworm) that cause chronic
sickness, reduce growth rates and impair educational progress in infected
children. Children often feel too unwell to go to school. The SHCP delivers
free deworming treatment annually to about 150,000 primary school children
in parts of the country away from Freetown. STACC/SL also holds clinics
for under fives with their mothers.
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