Worms cause serious harm to Ashanti children, including discomfort, constipation, diarrhoea, malnutrition and mental dullness. Where the infection is gross, children develop huge protruding bellies that leave them hardly able to walk. They can lead to profound mental and physical retardation, and even death.
The photo shows Ashanti Development volunteer Belinda Ottu presenting 17,000 doses of de-worming tablets to the local authority health department for children under the age of twelve.
