The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Disease
Scholarly Publications
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) of Cysticercosis in School-Aged Children in Tibetan Rural Farming Areas of Western China: Implications for Intervention Planning
March 2019
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) significantly contributes to morbidity in developing countries. We recently published a study of prevalence and risk factors in school-aged children in three mountainous...
The Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban Migrant Clinics in China
September 2018
Large and increasing numbers of rural-to-urban migrants provided new challenges for tuberculosis control in large cities in China and increased the need for high quality tuberculosis care delivered...
Prevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium cysticercosis in school-aged children: A school based study in western Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
May 2018
Taenia solium cysticercosis affects millions of impoverished people worldwide and can cause neurocysticercosis, an infection of the central nervous system which is potentially fatal.
News
IFPRI Blog: Lockdowns are Protecting China's Rural Families from COVID-19, but the Economic Burden is Heavy
March 2020
BY SCOTT ROZELLE, HEATHER RAHIMI, HUAN WANG AND EVE DILLCOVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on migrant workers and supply chains that depend on them.
Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty, Stanford research suggests
May 2018
A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of a potentially fatal tapeworm infection among school-age children.
The Re-emergence of Intestinal Worms: Investigation of Infection Status Among Children in Rural Southwest China
April 2011
As part of China’s public health efforts, the “baota lozenge” - a sugary anthelminthic commonly administered to schoolchildren - once valiantly fought to stop the rampant transmission of parasitic...
Projects
Worm Count 2010
Poor health habits are prevalent in crowded dining commons. Intestinal worms are a widespread problem in many developing countries.
English
Multimedia
Paying for Performance in China's Battle Against Anemia
July 2014
Millions of students in China’s poor rural schools have anemia. Why is it that so little is being done to overcome this invisible epidemic?
Anemia: Rural China's Invisible Epidemic
July 2014
REAP is dedicated to understanding and addressing the problem of iron deficiency and anemia in rural China: its consequences for health and education, and practical solutions for families and schools.