pt. 1. Human health and helminth infection: Helminthiasis : a challenge to health and development ; One day in the life of Mumbua ; Public health priorities : decisions for controlling helminthiasis -- pt. 2. Helminthology: Common themes and concepts in helminthiasis ; Cestodiasis ; Dracunculiasis ; Food-borne trematodiasis ; Lymphatic filariasis ; Onchocerciasis ; Schistosomiasis ; Soil-transmitted helminthiasis ; Strongyloidiasis ; Trichinellosis (trichinosis) -- pt. 3. Control interventions: Use of anthelminthic drugs in the public health arena ; Health awareness and helminthiasis ; Water and sanitation : availability, needs, and provision ; Helminthiasis and the millennium development goals.