Are two better than one? Combining drugs for intestinal infections in Zanzibar

Abstract

How can we combat the intestinal infections caused by roundworms (nematodes), Ascaris, whipworms and hookworms in children and women of childbearing age? A study carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Ivo de Carneri Foundation and the World Health Organisation evaluated the effectiveness of the drug mebendazole and its combined effect with a second drug, levamisole, in school children in Zanzibar, Tanzania.