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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)

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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

Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer

Policy paper discusses how female genital schistosomiasis control can be integrated with HIV and cervical cancer care. Such a programme will be part of a broader framework of sexual and reproductive health and rights, women’s empowerment and social justice in Africa. Integrated approaches that join up multiple public health programmes have the potential to expand or create opportunities to reach more girls and women throughout their life course.

Webinar Rethinking WASH for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis.

Yael Velleman (Director of Policy and Communications, SCI Foundation) and Gilbert Baayenda (Trachoma Program Officer & NTD/WASH Collaboration focal point at the Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Uganda) discuss "Rethinking WASH for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis".

Webinar Climate change: helping or hindering Neglected Tropical Disease elimination?

Dr Mark Booth from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University examines and discusses the impact of climate change on NTD elimination efforts.

Cameroon 2003-2019 progress report towards elimination of Schistosomiasis and STH in Cameroon

2003-2019 progress report summarizes key achievements towards elimination of Schistosomiasis and STH in Cameroon

MINSANTE and Centre Schistosomiasis & Parasitology

SCIF video Schistosomiasis and contaminated water

This video explores the role that contaminated water plays in the transmission of schistosomiasis. People get infected when they come into contact with water infested with parasitic worms that cause schistosomiasis. This happens while performing routine activities such as agriculture, domestic chores and recreation.

ESPEN COUNTRY NTD MASTER PLAN 2021 -2025 - framework for development

This document is intended to guide NTD programmes in members states in the WHO region for Africa in developing the next generation NTD Master Plans in line with WHO Roadmap 2030. The document is open for inputs from stakeholders.

WHO AFRO - ESPEN

Tool Kits and Guides

WHO interim guidance on the implementation of NTD programmes - July 2020

Considerations for implementing mass treatment, active case‐finding and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tool Kits and Guides

SCI Foundation discussion paper: Water, Sanitation and Behaviour Change for Schistosomiasis-endemic Communities

Water, Sanitation and Behaviour Change for Schistosomiasis-endemic Communities. A discussion paper by SCI Foundation.

Could This Child Have Schistosomiasis? When to Suspect It and What to Do About It

This review aims to summarize the most common clinical manifestations of schistosomiasis in different populations of children (migrants versus returned travelers after short stays) with a proposed screening and treatment algorithm.

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Peer-reviewed article

Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study.

Given the potentially causal association of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) with HIV-1 infection, improved diagnostics are urgently needed to scale-up FGS surveillance. The BILHIV (bilharzia and HIV) study assessed the performance of home-based self-collection methods (cervical and vaginal swabs) compared to cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) for the detection of Schistosoma DNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Peer-reviewed article

Stepping stones method: A participatory research method to understand health care pathways for Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Nigeria

This blog post provides researchers’ reflections on the use of Stepping Stones, a participatory research method applied with health professionals to understand how to strengthen local health systems to manage cases of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).

COUNTDOWN LIBERIA take on new challenge, working with participants to develop a health systems intervention for Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)

COUNTDOWN LIBERIA TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE: Participatory Development of an Intervention to address FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS (FGS) and support health systems strengthening.

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