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Resource Collection

Behaviour Change Collection

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

Histopathology of Schistosomiasis haematobia by Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. (CDC), [Public Domain], via wikimedia.org

Diagnostics Collection

A collection of resources for schistosomiasis diagnostics.

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.

Biomphalaria snail and cercariae larvae in beaker image. Trustees of the Natural History Museum

Snail Resource Collection

Collection of resources for snail identification, collection and control.

All Resources

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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

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Policy paper | Deworming adolescent girls and women of reproductive age

The aim of this policy brief is to promote the regular deworming of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.

2021 G-FINDER Neglected Disease Report: tracking funding for global health R&D

The G-FINDER project tracks annual investment in R&D for new products and technologies that are designed to address the persistent global health challenges that disproportionately affect the world's most disadvantaged people.

Policy Cures Research.

Tool Kits and Guides

Urban schistosomiasis: An ecological study describing a new challenge to the control of this neglected tropical disease

In this study, the authors aimed to monitor the entry, installation, and maintenance of schistosomiasis transmission in an urban area on the Brazilian coast over two decades (2000–2010/2010–2020).

The Lancet Regional Health | Americas

Peer-reviewed article

Report | Putting Schistosomiasis Precision Mapping into Practice

Precision mapping, or sub-district mapping, is recommended by the WHO and the GSA, and rolled out by national programmes in collaboration with partners as a method for refining a targeted treatment strategy, to ensure optimum treatment and improved efficiencies in resource utilization.

Webinar | Citizen science and snail-borne diseases in Uganda: boosting data collection and empowering communities

This webinar spotlights a citizen science approach to boosting snail intermediate host data collection and community engagement for getting closer to schistosomiasis elimination.

WHO WER 9648 | Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: progress report, 2020

WHO Weekly epidemiological record 9648 - Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: treating millions of people in 2020, despite the pandemic.

Article | Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on schistosomiasis among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study

Spatiotemporal modelling study to assess the effect of preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa, comparing 2000–10 with 2011–14 and 2015–19.

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Webinar | Schistosomiasis in the Philippines. The Struggle Never Stops

In this ISNTD Connect and GSA collaborative webinar scientists discuss schistosomiasis control, elimination and innovation in the Philippines.

FIND DxConnect virtual biobank directory

FIND has established a virtual platform for researchers and institutions to make their NTD research interests and sample collections visible to the international community, to enable sharing of biological materials, and to attract collaborative projects.

Samples resource

ALMA Scorecard Hub | Neglected Tropical Diseases

National NTD scorecards are country-owned tools which use existing data to track the performance of priority indicators, selected based on country NTD strategic plans, disease burden and availability of reliable data sources providing routinely updated data.

ALMA Scorecard Hub

Tool Kits and Guides

Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in Cameroon: A formative epidemiological and socioeconomic investigation in eleven rural fishing communities

In Cameroon, despite high community prevalences of urine-patent S. haematobium infections, FGS has yet to be studied in depth. To shed light on the clinical prevalence and socioeconomic effects of FGS, researchers undertook a formative community-based epidemiological and qualitative survey.

PLOS Global Public Health

Spillover, hybridization, and persistence in schistosome transmission dynamics at the human–animal interface

The threat to public health that is presented by zoonotic spillover of pathogens from animal reservoirs is predicted to increase with rapid anthropogenic changes and global trends such as migration and changing land use.

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