台湾地区自1972年起即开始学童之寄生虫防治计划,包括:蛔虫、钩虫、鞭虫及蛲虫等。该业务原省卫生处业务,后大部分县改由教育局办理,但部分县仍由卫生局办理。经30年防治,蛔虫、钩虫及鞭虫已成功控制,其感染率低于1%,然蛲虫则一直在2%~5%间。2003年对公立小学抽样调查,在59所11 Taiwan has started the parasite control program for school children since 1972, including roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and pinworms. The business of the original provincial Health Department operations, most of the county after the change by the Education Bureau, but some counties still handled by the Health Bureau. After 30 years of prevention and treatment, roundworms, hookworms and whipworm have been successfully controlled, the infection rate of less than 1%, while the pinworm has been between 2% to 5%. In 2003, a sample survey of public elementary schools was conducted at 59 11