A key role for veterinary authorities and animal health practitioners in preventing and controlling neglected parasitic zoonoses

The Regional Offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World...

Considerations for the use of anthelminthic therapy for the treatment of neurocysticercosis

This document accompanies the WHO Guidelines on management of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis (WHO, 2021) and is intended for medical practitioners....

Early detection and management of neurological serious adverse events in relation to the administration of anthelminthic medicines to people with asymptomatic neurocysticercosis

Preventive anthelminthic chemotherapy programmes involving the administration of praziquantel or albendazole are used to control various neglected parasitic...

Guideline for Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Taenia solium Taeniasis

The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired...

Routine health information system and health facility data for neglected tropical diseases: Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis

This guidance was developed based on a template provided to health programmes by the WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact. WHO regional...