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  • 2nd Annual Deworm to Learn Benefit
    Apr 4, 2011 | Raw Space Music

    The Deworm to Learn group in Ellensburg, Washington is holding their annual Deworm to Learn Benefit night on April 15. All money raised is being donated to DtW to support its work to support governments to deworm children across the globe....

  • Combating Poverty with Research
    Mar 30, 2011 | IPS News

    DtW board member, Esther Duflo talks about combating global poverty by translating research into action in this IPS News interview.

    Esther Duflo uses research to show which programmes are the most effective in combating poverty. Her work...

  • Worms Get Primetime Slot on ABC's 'Off the Map'
    Mar 10, 2011 | ABC Network

    ABC's new medical drama series "Off the Map" sheds some light on the issue of worms when in a recent episode the doctors are faced with a prisoner infected with worms.

    The show's medical researcher Raamla Mohamed called on DtW to find out...

  • School-Based Deworming Vital to Strengthening Girls’ Learning
    Mar 9, 2011 | Education for All Blog

    School-based deworming is highlighted on the Education For All - Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) blog as contributing to girls' education.

    In this article, World Bank Education Specialist Tara O'Connell highlights five School Health and...

  • Poor Sanitation in India Places Children At Increased Risk of Parasitic Worm Infections
    Feb 6, 2011 | The Pioneer

    A survey of schools conducted by the Government of Bihar, India with technical support from DtW has identified high prevalence of soil transmitted helminths amongst school children in several of the state's regions.

    To treat these...

  • Bihar's First Ever School-based Deworming Program to Be Launched
    Feb 5, 2011 | The Hindu

    The first ever state-wide school-based mass deworming program in Bihar, India is being launched. Run by the Government of Bihar with support from DtW, the program aims to treat 21 million school-age children in the state.

    It will be...

  • India's Right to Education Act to Support Deworming Program in Delhi
    Feb 2, 2011 | India Talkies

    India’s Right to Education (RTE) act is supporting the launch of a school-based deworming program in Delhi, India. In its first stage, the program is looking to treat over 1.3 million children from 900 government-run schools and the capital's...

  • Nobel Laureate Expert Panel Recommend DtW
    Jan 30, 2011 | Copenhagen Consesus Center

    The Copenhagen Consensus Center recommends DtW to donors as an organization where donations could make a big difference. Their recommendation is based on research on deworming conducted by an expert panel of Nobel Laureates and leading economists...

  • Spotlight on Deworm the World
    Jan 25, 2011 | Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases

    The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases casts a spotlight on DtW's global efforts to expand school-based deworming. In addition to providing an overview of our work, the blog contains a few random, but nevertheless interesting facts...

  • Davos 2011: Communities of Action to End Extreme Poverty
    Jan 24, 2011 | The Huffington Post

    At the 2011 World Economic Forum this week attention was turned to how the public pledges to support the Millennium Development Goals, made by the Forum's community of Young Global Leaders, Are getting on. One such pledge made by economists...

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