print email comment close Partners for Parasite Control (PPC) URL: http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/ Description: This is the World Health Organization (WHO) site for "schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths, and the Partners for Parasite Control (PPC)." It features fact sheets, data, and educational and prevention materials about schistosomiasis ("also known as bilharziasis, ... a parasitic disease that leads to chronic ill health") and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), which "are also known in many places simply as common intestinal worms." Educational materials available in several languages. Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO) Extra Keywords deworming Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation bilharzia Library of Congress Subject Headings: Parasitic diseases Parasitic diseases -- Prevention Schistosomiasis Worms LII Database Information: Record 2308 created by Jennifer English on 02/28/2005 Last modification on 03/02/2005 Published: 02/28/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2308