"This Wormy World": Global Atlas Of Worm Infections

Published: Oct. 21, 2010, 11:34 a.m.

b'A global atlas of worm infections has been launched by scientists working in London and Nairobi. Simon Brooker of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tells Peter Goodwin about \\u201cThis Wormy World\\u201d, a new on-line atlas that makes it easier for health workers to plan campaigns \\u2013 such as programmes for de-worming school children \\u2013 to reduce the burden of worm infections in areas most affected.'