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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.

People washing and bathing in a natural lake. Image Credit Marcus Perkins and Merck KGaA

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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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

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

Predicted Impact of COVID-19 on Neglected Tropical Disease Programs and the Opportunity for Innovation

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many key neglected tropical disease (NTD) activities have been postponed. This hindrance comes at a time when the NTDs are progressing towards their ambitious goals for 2030. Mathematical modelling on several NTDs, namely gambiense sleeping sickness, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH), trachoma, and visceral leishmaniasis, shows that the impact of this disruption will vary across the diseases.

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

TDR interactive intersectional gender analysis toolkit for infectious disease.

This toolkit aims to strengthen the capacity of researchers working on infectious diseases of poverty by incorporating an intersectional gender approach.

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

Tool Kits and Guides

23 September 2020

Launch of the The FGS Accelerated Scale Together (FAST) package

Audio recording and slides from the launch of the FAST (FGS Accelerated Scale Together) Package.

FAST Package Partners

Bilharzia Colouring Booklets

Royal Veterinar College

GSA-COR NTD: Approaching schistosomiasis elimination: from mass treatment to targeted interventions.

In this GSA-COR NTD pre-meeting video, schistosomiasis experts discuss the existing and novel tools and strategies needed on the last mile towards interrupting transmission.

Recommendations for Safely Restarting MDA for NTDs in Settings with Heightened Risk of COVID-19 Community Transmission

The following are recommendations and best practices to consider when developing plans for safely restarting mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns in the context of COVID-19. This document is meant to supplement WHO’s guidance note entitled, Considerations for implementing mass treatment, active case-finding and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic,1 released on 27 July, 2020.

WHO AFRO - ESPEN

STH Coalition Slide Deck: Building NTD Capacity through Community-Wide Surveillance of STH & Schistosomiasis in Kenya.

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.

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