Notification, an Important Neglected Essential Education for Children in Kindergartens and Primary Schools (Education about Parasitic Infections in Kindergartens)

Ahmadiara, Emad; Hajimohammadi, Bahador

doi:10.22038/ijp.2017.25198.2138

Notification, an Important Neglected Essential Education for Children in Kindergartens and Primary Schools (Education about Parasitic Infections in Kindergartens)

Authors

Emad Ahmadiara ¹

Bahador Hajimohammadi ²

¹ PhD of Parasitology, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

10.22038/ijp.2017.25198.2138

Abstract

One of the most important threats to global public health, especially in developing countries is parasitic infections. These infections are very common in children and young people especially those who kept in kindergarten and primary schools. Because of the high population density and sometimes by the lack of adequate hygiene, these places are prone to parasitic infections. Infestation causes by ectoparasites like pediculosis, water-borne protozoan infections like giardiasis and the last but not less important, helminth infection like as Oxyuris are a permanent threat for children in this places.

Keywords

Children

Education

Iran

Parasitic Infections

Primary Schools