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Health status has a powerful influence on a child’s learning and how well a child performs in school. Children who suffer from parasitic infections or other diseases do not have potential for learning as healthy children. Therefore the attention to their health is vital. One of the most important ap...

In 1994 evidence was obtained that insecticide resistance in head lice was spreading in the United Kingdom and other countries. The situation was not being managed correctly by the health authorities in UK for two reasons: primary health care workers adhered to rigid procedures regardless of the cha...

Infestation with head lice, Pediculosis capitis, is a widespread, persistent and recurring problem amongst pre-school and school aged children. The problem poses no direct threat to health which may explain why such a physiologically distressing condition affecting millions of young children every y...