Introduction and Objectives: Soil-Transmitted-Helminthiasis
(STH) is a public
health problem in Cameroon. The control strategies currently in place,
particularly chemoprevention, has shortcomings linked to the target population,
which are school-age children. The objective was to determine the prevalence and the risk factors associated with
geo-helminthiasis in children aged 0 to 3 years in a rural health
district. Method: From December 2020 to May 2021, a descriptive and
analytical cross-sectional study of 376 children between 6 and 36 months was
carried out in the Akonolinga health district. This was a cluster sampling in 4 health areas. Stool samples were collected and
analysed using the mini-FLOTAC method. The
results expressed as the number of
eggs per gram of stool. A questionnaire on socio-demographic and lifestyle data was administered to the parents. The Chi-squared test was used
to measure the association between
geo-helminth infection and the data collected. A multivariate analysis using logistic regression was performed (p<0.05).
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