Schistosomiasis is a helminthiasis infecting approximately 250 million people worldwide. In
2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) 54.19 resolution defined a new global strategy for …

Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem among all disease-endemic
countries in 2030 is an ambitious goal. Recent achievements resulting from mass drug …

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are the most widespread of the neglected tropical
diseases, primarily affecting marginalized populations in low-and middle-income countries …

Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia,
the Caribbean and South America. It is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)-a …

The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty
with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive …

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects over 240 million people globally. To
improve population-level disease control, there is growing interest in adding chemical …

Schistosomiasis is the most important helminthiasis worldwide in terms of morbidity and
mortality. Most of the infections occurs in Africa, which about two thirds are caused by …

On May 22, 2001, a resolution passed during the 54th World Health Assembly (WHA 54.19)
took an historic step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the world's …

Background Over the past 20 years, schistosomiasis control has been scaled up. Preventive
chemotherapy with praziquantel is the main intervention. We aimed to assess the effect of …

Background To improve schistosomiasis control programs in Uganda, where intestinal
schistosomiasis is a widespread public health problem, a country-wide assessment of the …