Give Current Affairs Quiz Online Test of 24 October 2020. Learn about As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) 14 states have announced a decrease in parasitic intestinal worm disease or Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH) which harmfully affects youngsters' physical development and can cause weakness and under-sustenance. This accomplishment has been accomplished because of the customary deworming through Albendazole tablet as exhorted and affirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treatment of intestinal worms in kids and teenagers (1-19 years) living in zones with high STH trouble. It is a piece of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programs internationally. Eminently, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh (HP), Meghalaya, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar have indicated generous decrease in worm predominance.4
