Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination.

The article offers some recommendations arising from the meeting of the Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Advisory Committee and highlights challenges and solutions on the road toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination and beyond. The committee asserts the need for barriers to program implementation be acknowledged and that technical support be provided to countries failing targets. The prevalence of any soil-transmitted helminth infection is also explored.