February 9, 2017
UW TODAY: DeWorm3 Implementation Science Project
FEBRUARY 09, 2017
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FOR TWO BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLANET, THESE SYMPTOMS ARE PART OF DAILY LIFE.
They’re part of sitting in class, trying to learn. They’re part of going to work, trying to provide. They’re part of living with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) — more commonly known as intestinal worms — inhabiting victims’ bellies, sapping their nutrients, and stunting their physical and cognitive development.
In countries where the disease is prevalent, soil-transmitted helminths have long been a public health problem and a human rights issue — and the UW School of Public Health is doing something about it. Researchers are playing a leading role in DeWorm3, a project coordinated by the Natural History Museum in London and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. DeWorm3 is providing the platform for one of the largest implementation science projects in the field to date. Its core mission? To interrupt the transmission of intestinal worms.
It’s here in the Department of Global Health, in partnership with the School of Medicine, that the first-ever Ph.D. program in metrics and implementation science is transforming the way people approach population health to improve lives. Implementation science is also key to the UW’s Population Health Initiative, launched in 2016 with the goal of improving human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity around the world.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE WORKS TO EQUALLY VALUE VOICES ON THE GROUND, GIVING AS MUCH WEIGHT TO FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS IT DOES TO LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS AND FUNDERS.– ARIANNA MEANS
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