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Matthew Jukes
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 65
Citations - 3781
Matthew Jukes is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Literacy. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 63 publications receiving 3523 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew Jukes include University of Oxford & Research Triangle Park.
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Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
Peter J. Hotez,Donald A. P. Bundy,Kathleen Beegle,Simon Brooker,Lesley Drake,Nilanthi de Silva,Antonio Montresor,Dirk Engels,Matthew Jukes,Lester Chitsulo,Jeffrey Chow,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Catherine Michaud,Jeffrey M. Bethony,Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira,Xiao Shuhua,Alan Fenwick,Lorenzo Savioli +17 more
TL;DR: Because of the geographic overlap of these afflictions and their impact on children and adolescents the World Health Organization; the World Bank; and other United Nations agencies and bilaterals; and civil society are working to integrate STH and schistosome control through a program of periodic school-based targeted anthelmintic drug treatments.
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Rethinking School Feeding Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector
TL;DR: In this paper, the main preconditions for the transition to sustainable national programs are mainstreaming school feeding in national policies and plans, especially education sector plans; identifying national sources of financing; and expanding national implementation capacity.
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Education and vulnerability: the role of schools in protecting young women and girls from HIV in southern Africa.
TL;DR: The findings of this analysis suggest that the equitable expansion of primary and secondary schooling for girls in southern Africa will help reduce their vulnerability to HIV.
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Rethinking School Feeding: Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector
TL;DR: In this article, the main preconditions for the transition to sustainable national programs are mainstreaming school feeding in national policies and plans, especially education sector plans; identifying national sources of financing; and expanding national implementation capacity.
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Effect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Siân E. Clarke,Matthew Jukes,J Kiambo Njagi,Lincoln I. Khasakhala,Bonnie Cundill,Julius Otido,Christopher Crudder,Benson B. Estambale,Simon Brooker,Simon Brooker +9 more
TL;DR: IPT of malaria improves the health and cognitive ability of semi-immune schoolchildren in an area of high perennial transmission and could be a valuable addition to school health programmes.