Table 1. Estimated number of pregnant women in need of preventive chemotherapy for STH in areas where hookworm and T. trichiura prevalence is equal to, or greater than, 20%, 2015.
WHO Region | Number of STH-endemic countries | Estimated number of pregnant women in need of PC for STH |
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Africa | 42 | 15,384,000 |
Americas | 25 | 544,000 |
Eastern Mediterranean | 7 | 473,000 |
Europe | 5 | 0 |
South-East Asia | 8 | 7,433,000 |
Western Pacific | 15 | 2,919,000 |
Total | 102 | 26,753,000 |