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Learning about schistosomiasis and its transmission is one way to empower children and communities to reduce their risk of getting the disease.

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Resource Collection

Behaviour Change Collection

A collection of resources for enabling behaviour change for sustainable schistosomiasis control and elimination.

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Genital Schistosomiasis Collection

A resource and article collection on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) and Male Genital Schistosomiasis (MGS).

Monitoring and Evaluation Collection

Here we bring together a collection of resources for monitoring and evaluation schistosomiasis control and elimination programmes.

WHO Collection

Collection of news, events, policy, strategy and resource documents from the World Health Organization

GSA Collection

Reports, news and events from the GSA.

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All Resources

Here is your one-stop-shop for resources on schistosomiasis.

This is a searchable collection of resources. You can search this collection by:

using a keyword (e.g. WHO, research, snails)
choosing from a dropdown menu list of themed Tags (Implementation, Behaviour Change, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation etc)
choosing from a dropdown menu list of Resource type (e.g. toolkits & guides, research article, strategy document, video etc)

And you can refine your search by Year.

We hope you find this useful. If you have any suggestions for useful resources that should be on this list please contact us by email: anouk [dot] gouvras [at] eliminateschisto [dot] org

The potential impact of programmes interruptions due to COVID-19 on 7 neglected tropical diseases: a modelling-based analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted NTD programs worldwide, from mass drug administration to active case finding activities. The NTD Modelling Consortium recently conducted modelling analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on seven NTDs and potential strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID-related delays.

NTD Modelling Consortium

Opposing misinformation for long-term health system gains.

Dr 'Kuor Kumoji's talk on "Opposing misinformation", part of the COR NTD premeeting on Fake News and Trust in NTD Health Programs.

Community-led health education

Dr Justin Komguep Nono (Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation of Cameroon) as part of the COR NTD premeeting on Fake News and Trust in NTDs Health Program.

Insights from schistosomiasis MDA in Guinea Conakry

A talk by Sightsavers' Cosmas Ndellejong as part of the COR NTD premeeting on Fake News and Trust in NTDs Health Program.

Fake News & Trust in NTD Health Programs

Together with the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, the COR-NTD Secretariat hosted an online meeting on "Fake News & Trust in NTD Health Programs" to identify operational research questions for best practices in countering misinformation and empowering communities to identify fact from fiction, relative to NTD control programs.

Webinar Control and elimination of schistosomiasis in Cameroon: introducing the Roadmap towards 2030

In this ISNTD Connect GSA series webinar, Professor Tchuem Tchuenté from the University of Yaoundé I, presented and discussed the control & elimination of schistosomiasis in Cameroon: introducing the Roadmap towards 2030.

Summary of global update on implementation of preventive chemotherapy against neglected tropical diseases in 2019

WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record, 25 September 2020, vol. 95, 39 (pp. 461–476)

NNN 2020 Conference Recordings

Did you miss the NNN 2020 Conference? Were you unable to attend a workshop? You can watch the recordings of plenaries, workshops and rapid fire presentations here.

NTD NGO Network (NNN)

COR NTD - GSA Elimination of Schistosomiasis as a Public Health Problem

In this GSA-COR NTD pre-meeting video, NTD programmes in Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania to share evidence on achieving elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) for schistosomiasis and what their current intervention decisions are when the target has been achieved. The session discusses from a programme perspective, what the main facilitators and barriers are to EPHP intervention decisions.

COR NTD Integrated strategies for hotspots: beyond ecology and towards cross-cutting programmatic challenges

The recording of COR NTD – STH Coalition and GSA pre-meeting session: Integrated strategies for hotspots: beyond ecology and towards cross-cutting programmatic challenges

Helminths: the secret world of parasitic worms

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow

The Economist Intelligence Unit Report: Reducing the burden of parasitic worms in sub-Saharan Africa

The report examines the burden of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and strategies for their control in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe, and estimates the potential economic gains of meeting the WHO’s elimination goals for these diseases in each country.

The Economist Intelligence Unit

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