Arvind Mathur

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis prevalence and infection intensity among school-going children in Timor-Leste after the prolonged interruption of deworming: a cross-sectional survey (2025)

Background Timor-Leste reduced soil-transmitted helminth (STH) prevalence from 29% to 18% by 2020 through mass drug administration (MDA) in 2015–2019. School-based deworming was interrupted for nearly four years during the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed in 2022 in 3 municipalities...

Screen-detected health conditions among students in grade 1–9: findings from Timor-Leste’s first nationwide school-based screening program

Systematic health data on school-aged children in Timor-Leste have been lacking. The School-Based Primary Health Care Package screened students in Grade 1–9 nationwide in 2025. We describe the conditions detected and assess how far the estimates reflect variation between screener...