Summary: Neurocysticercosis is a brain disease due to the larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). The most common symptoms patient experience from infection inside the substance of the brain (parenchymal disease) are seizures and headaches. When the infection is either inside the fluid pockets inside the brain (ventricular disease) or in the space around the brain (subarachnoid disease) patients...

Summary: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are among the most common groups of diseases affecting over one billion people globally and are disproportionately concentrated in remote, underserved, and marginalized communities. Efforts toward NTD elimination have largely relied on preventive chemotherapy (PC), large-scale distribution of free, safe, and effective medicines to at-risk populations. One major c...

Summary: The proposed small-scale pilot studies are public health intervention studies implemented through established routine programs and services in the frame of the mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Uganda. In each country two most promising health intervention platforms were selected for pilot distribution of arpraziquantel 150mg (arPZQ). The aim of the small-scale p...