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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

WHO Generic risk assessment model for insecticides used for larviciding and mollusciciding

A generic model that can be used for risk assessment of larviciding and mollusciciding.

WHO/Department of control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Tool Kits and Guides

14 December 2018

Translating preventive chemotherapy prevalence thresholds for Schistosoma mansoni from the Kato-Katz technique into the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen diagnostic test

Operational research on POC-CCA and Kato-Katz prevalence thresholds for S. mansoni mapping, control and surveillance.

Peer-reviewed article

27 December 2018

Health, financial, and education gains of investing in preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, and lymphatic filariasis in Madagascar: A modeling study

This study determines the value for money of national NTD control across multiple sectors assessing the potential health, financial, and education gains of NTD control in a setting where NTDs are highly endemic, highlighting the potentially large societal benefits of investing in NTD control.

Peer-reviewed article

14 December 2018

Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiases: numbers of people treated in 2017

In 2017, almost 99 million people were treated for schistosomiasis. This includes 81.1 million school-aged children, representing 68% coverage worldwide.

WHO/Department of control of neglected tropical diseases

10 December 2018

Meeting Report:The Schistosomiasis Action Plan: Next Generation Research on the Road towards Elimination

8 December 2018

A Practical Toolkit for Young People to Advocate for Improved Adolescent Health and Well-being

The toolkit will guide the design, implementation and monitoring of an effective national advocacy action roadmap to bring about positive policy-specific changes to improve the health and well-being of adolescents.

Tool Kits and Guides

01 December 2018

Short Video on Female Genital Schistosomiasis

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 56 million young and adult women suffer from Female Genital Schistosomiasis, a dangerous outcome of schistosomiasis.

Uniting To Combat NTDs

Regularly Updated

NTD ConnectOR

This resource serves as a hub for researchers, funders and program implementers involved in OR.

Tool Kits and Guides

NTDeliver Supply Chain Tool

NTDeliver Supply Chain Tool to track donated medicines shipping

NTD Supply Chain Forum

Tool Kits and Guides

25 October 2018

Schistosomiasis Control Initiative New Strategy

SCI release their new strategy to eliminate parasitic worm infections. SCI have achieved a lot since their foundation in 2002 and now support the delivery of millions of treatments each year. Download their new strategy leaflet to see how they aim to drive the elimination of these parasitic infections.

12 October 2018

Résolution au Sommet de la Francophonie sur les maladies tropicales négligées

Aujourd’hui, 57 pays se sont engagés à éradiquer les maladies connues sous le nom de « maladies tropicales négligées » (MTN) à travers l’adoption d’une résolution au XVIIe Sommet de la Francophonie.

La Francophonie

The design of schistosomiasis monitoring and evaluation programmes: The importance of collecting adult data to inform treatment strategies for Schistosoma mansoni

This latest article from the NTD Modelling consortium highlights that adults should be included within M&E programmes. Improving M&E programmes to incorporate collection of such data will allow for more accurate determination of the optimal treatment strategy for a defined region.

Peer-reviewed article

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