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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

WHO guidance: Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context.

Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context recommends practical actions that countries can take at national, subregional and local levels to reorganize and safely maintain access to high-quality, essential health services in the pandemic context

Tool Kits and Guides

Schistosomiasis Control Leave No Age Group Behind

As schistosomiasis poses a threat to people of all ages, unfortunate gaps exist in current treatment coverage and associated monitoring efforts, preventing subsequent health benefits to preschool-aged children as well as certain adolescents and adults. Current omission of these age groups from treatment and monitoring exacerbates health inequities and has long-term consequences for sustainable schistosomiasis control.

Trends in Parasitology - Cell Reviews

Peer-reviewed article

SCORE: Operational Research on Controlling and Eliminating Schistosomiasis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has published online the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research (SCORE) collection of research artcles summarising research being taken to eliminate schistosomiasis.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH)

Peer-reviewed article

WHO Community-based health care in the context of Covid-19 pandemic

The WHO and UNICEF have issued a joint report and iterim guidance on Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns,in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tool Kits and Guides

Sensitive diagnostic tools and targeted drug administration strategies are needed to eliminate schistosomiasis

To interrupt the transmission of, and eventually eliminate, schistosomiasis, better local targeting of preventive chemotherapy, in combination with highly sensitive diagnostic tools, is crucial.

Peer-reviewed article

WHO Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Western Pacific

WHO Western Pacific Region Regional Action Framework for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Western Pacific

WHO Western Pacific Region

Webinar: Schistosomiasis treatment gaps hinder elimination efforts: a current perspective

Derick Osakunor, from the University of Edinburgh, discusses the current treatment gaps in different age groups and how these are hindering the schistosomiasis goal of "elimination as a public health problem".

Meeting Report: WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases

The first meeting of the Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (DTAG), an advisory group to the WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, was held at the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland, on 30–31 October 2019.

Multisectoral Approach to the Prevention and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases

Multisectoral Approach for the Prevention and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases: A conceptual framework. The document presents a conceptual framework covering the essential elements of successful multisectoral collaborations, which is based on systematic reviews of evidence from programmes for the prevention and control of VBDs.

Tool Kits and Guides

Detecting Schistosoma mansoni infections among pre-school-aged children in southern Ghana: a diagnostic comparison of urine-CCA, real-time PCR and Kato-Katz assays

To better assess the infection burden within pre-school aged children this article provides a comparative assessment of the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in pre-school-aged children by urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) dipsticks, real-time PCR Taqman® faecal assays and Kato-Katz coproscopy.

BMC Infectious Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030

The 146th session of WHO’s Executive Board, meeting in February 2020 requested the Director-General to develop, in consultations with Member States and stakeholders, the new road map for neglected tropical diseases for the period 2021–2030.

Connecting Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Menstrual Hygiene Initiatives

Effective future control of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) requires an integrated and multisectoral approach, bringing together HIV, sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights sectors. In this article, an underappreciated but important connection between FGS and menstrual hygiene initiatives in Africa is highlighted.

Trends in Parasitology

Peer-reviewed article

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