Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?

Early childhood is a crucial window of opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for policymakers and development experts knows which programs give children’s development the best boost and how to implement them. The World Bank is committed to...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	PRIMARY SCHOOLS SKILLS CHILD HEALTH STUDY WORKERS YOUNGER SIBLINGS PEOPLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AGED SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGE SCHOOLING OLDER SIBLINGS CHILDHOOD GROUPS INTELLIGENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE ACHIEVEMENT HEALTH CARE OLDER CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY MEMBERS HEALTH NUTRITION YOUNG CHILDREN COGNITIVE TESTS VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WEIGHT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN EDUCATION IRON PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION BOYS EXPERIENCE INFANTS GIRLS MIGRATION EPIDEMIOLOGY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LEARNING SIBLINGS MEDICINES PRIMARY SCHOOL OLDER SISTERS REASONING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN COGNITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24969111/infants-benefit-older-siblings-dewormed http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23340

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spelling	okr-10986-233402021-04-23T14:04:14Z Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed? World Bank PRIMARY SCHOOLS SKILLS CHILD HEALTH STUDY WORKERS YOUNGER SIBLINGS PEOPLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AGED SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGE SCHOOLING OLDER SIBLINGS CHILDHOOD GROUPS INTELLIGENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE ACHIEVEMENT HEALTH CARE OLDER CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY MEMBERS HEALTH NUTRITION YOUNG CHILDREN COGNITIVE TESTS VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WEIGHT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN EDUCATION IRON PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION BOYS EXPERIENCE INFANTS GIRLS MIGRATION EPIDEMIOLOGY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LEARNING SIBLINGS MEDICINES PRIMARY SCHOOL OLDER SISTERS REASONING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN COGNITION Early childhood is a crucial window of opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for policymakers and development experts knows which programs give children’s development the best boost and how to implement them. The World Bank is committed to helping governments understand whether programs to improve lives are succeeding. Rigorous impact evaluations are often carried out to provide the evidence of impact. In Kenya, a World Bank researcher went back after a decade to measure the impact of a deworming campaign on young children whose older siblings and neighbors had received the deworming medication. The evaluation indicates that having fewer worms in their communities gave these younger children a boost, most likely because they faced lower risk of infection during a vital period of development. The results are a reminder of the importance of following up on development programs to measure long-term impacts that can show lasting improvements in the lives of millions. Currently, deworming in Kenya has been scaled up nationwide, giving primary school age children better health and, as this evaluation shows, the chance for cognitive improvement for the youngest family members too. 2015-12-14T22:24:53Z 2015-12-14T22:24:53Z 2015-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24969111/infants-benefit-older-siblings-dewormed http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23340 English en_US From evidence to policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Kenya
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topic	PRIMARY SCHOOLS SKILLS CHILD HEALTH STUDY WORKERS YOUNGER SIBLINGS PEOPLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AGED SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGE SCHOOLING OLDER SIBLINGS CHILDHOOD GROUPS INTELLIGENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE ACHIEVEMENT HEALTH CARE OLDER CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY MEMBERS HEALTH NUTRITION YOUNG CHILDREN COGNITIVE TESTS VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WEIGHT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN EDUCATION IRON PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION BOYS EXPERIENCE INFANTS GIRLS MIGRATION EPIDEMIOLOGY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LEARNING SIBLINGS MEDICINES PRIMARY SCHOOL OLDER SISTERS REASONING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN COGNITION
spellingShingle	PRIMARY SCHOOLS SKILLS CHILD HEALTH STUDY WORKERS YOUNGER SIBLINGS PEOPLE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AGED SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGE SCHOOLING OLDER SIBLINGS CHILDHOOD GROUPS INTELLIGENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE ACHIEVEMENT HEALTH CARE OLDER CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY MEMBERS HEALTH NUTRITION YOUNG CHILDREN COGNITIVE TESTS VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WEIGHT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN EDUCATION IRON PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION BOYS EXPERIENCE INFANTS GIRLS MIGRATION EPIDEMIOLOGY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LEARNING SIBLINGS MEDICINES PRIMARY SCHOOL OLDER SISTERS REASONING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN COGNITION World Bank Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
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description	Early childhood is a crucial window of opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for policymakers and development experts knows which programs give children’s development the best boost and how to implement them. The World Bank is committed to helping governments understand whether programs to improve lives are succeeding. Rigorous impact evaluations are often carried out to provide the evidence of impact. In Kenya, a World Bank researcher went back after a decade to measure the impact of a deworming campaign on young children whose older siblings and neighbors had received the deworming medication. The evaluation indicates that having fewer worms in their communities gave these younger children a boost, most likely because they faced lower risk of infection during a vital period of development. The results are a reminder of the importance of following up on development programs to measure long-term impacts that can show lasting improvements in the lives of millions. Currently, deworming in Kenya has been scaled up nationwide, giving primary school age children better health and, as this evaluation shows, the chance for cognitive improvement for the youngest family members too.
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title	Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
title_short	Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
title_full	Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
title_fullStr	Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
title_full_unstemmed	Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?
title_sort	kenya : do infants benefit when older siblings are dewormed?
publisher	Washington, DC
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Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?

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