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Unfortunately, mass deworming campaigns have been derailed since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The present study assessed the cross-sectional associations between STHs, nutritional status and academic performance of schoolchildren in the Banda District of Ghana.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Schoolchildren (5\u201316\u00a0y of age; n=275) were recruited through both school and household visits by community health workers using a multistage cluster sampling technique. In addition to school microscopy, anthropometric records were also taken.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of geohelminthiasis was 40.4% (95% confidence interval 34.6 to 46.2). STHs targeted for elimination by the World Health Organization and national programmes were detected among schoolchildren. Children with intestinal parasite infection (53.7 [standard deviation {SD} 11.5]) had lower mean academic scores compared with uninfected children (59.6 [SD 16.9]) (p=0.034). In multiple regression analysis, intestinal parasite infection status and z-scores for weight-for-age showed a collective significant effect on the academic score (F1117=8.169, p&amp;lt;0.001, R2=0.125).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Schoolchildren with STHs had poorer academic performance compared with uninfected children, despite their nutritional status. In addition to school feeding programmes, school-based mass drug administration campaigns may be critical for improving learning outcomes in young schoolchildren.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/inthealth\/ihac044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,17]],"date-time":"2022-06-17T12:23:44Z","timestamp":1655468624000},"page":"309-317","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7476-4578","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emmanuel T","family":"Donkoh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Screen and Treat Research Group, Center for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources , Sunyani , 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