Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee Convenes at Swiss TPH

Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee convenes at Swiss TPH. This year's annual meeting of the Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee, chaired by Jürg Utzinger, is hosted at Swiss TPH. Some 30 experts from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas meet on October 18 and 19 2016 to discuss, debate, deliberate and provide technical guidance on key developments in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination. STH Advisory Committee convening at Swiss TPH, 17 October 2016 - Top (left to right): Theresa Gyorkos, Oladele Akogun, Vicente Belizario, Charles Mwandawiro, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Rachel Pullan, Matt Freeman. Bottom (left to right): Rubina Imtiaz (incoming Director of Children Without Worms), Jürg Utzinger (chair STH Advisory Committee), David Addiss (outgoing Director of 'Children Without Worms') Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are parasitic worms that affect more than a billion people worldwide. In 2006, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) established Children Without Worms to provide technical and operational oversight of its donation of Vermox? (500 mg mebendazole) for the treatment of STH in school-aged children. The Mebendazole Advisory Committee (MAC) was formed to advise J&J and Children Without Worms on the most effective strategies to maximize the impact of the donation and to review and approve requests for Vermox donations based on established criteria.