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Fig. 3 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Fig. 3

From: Estimated need for anthelminthic medicines to control soil-transmitted helminthiases in school-aged children, 2020–2030

Fig. 3

Summary graph of the three scenarios of projections for total number of tablets donated annually until 2030.

Three scenarios are presented:

Scenario 1: Endemic countries would continue to increase coverage and maintain the same frequency of intervention.

Scenario 2: Endemic countries would reduce the frequency of intervention when the STH prevalence is reduced, according to the WHO decision-tree.

Scenario 3: Some endemic countries would sustain the cost of the deworming programme, depending on the levels of development

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