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. 2017 Jan 5;11(1):e0005203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005203

Fig 1. World map showing fertility rates (blue shading) among countries determined to be in need of PC for STHs according to WHO guidelines: Fertility data are taken from the World Development Indicators Databank (World Bank, 2013) and the World Statistics Pocketbook (United Nations Statistics Division, 2010–2015).

Fig 1

Data on the need for PC in children for STH infection are taken from the WHO Preventive Chemotherapy Databank (World Health Organization, 2013). Fertility rates (in parentheses) for endemic regions that could not be displayed are: Cape Verde (2.3), Comoros (4.6), French Polynesia (2.1), Kiribati (3.8), Marshall Islands (4.1), Mauritius (1.4), Micronesia (3.3), Nauru (4.3), Sao Tome and Principe (4.6), Tonga (3.8), and Tuvalu (3.2).