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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

Countdown FGS Training Guide for healthcare workers Liberia

This guide has been developed by the COUNTDOWN in collaboration with the national NTD programme of the Ministry of Health Liberia. This guide is designed to assist primary healthcare workers to diagnose, treat, and support women and girls with FGS.

Countdown & MoH Liberia

Tool Kits and Guides

WHO framework for monitoring and evaluating progress towards the NTD road map 2030

Ending the neglect to attain the sustainable development goals: a framework for monitoring and evaluating progress of the road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021−2030. World Health Organization.

Tool Kits and Guides

Webinar | The role of vaccines in the elimination of schistosomiasis

The role of vaccines in the elimination of schistosomiasis, covering the feasibility of vaccines, from development, to delivery; calculating the cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination programmes and modelling the level of efficacy required for impact.

Webinar | Schistosomiasis in Malawi: future control isn’t quite like it used to be

Highlighting ongoing epidemiological changes witnessed by better appreciation of male genital schistosomiasis, an outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis and emergence of a novel set of hybrids schistosomes. Collectively, these dynamics require a broadening of future control interventions with wider intersectoral actions, ultimately adoption of a OneHealth approach.

Communication piece on commercially available diagnostic tests

The GSA Diagnostics work stream has developed a communications piece listing all commercially available diagnostics for Schistosomiasis. Available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

GSA Diagnostics Work Stream

Tool Kits and Guides

Female Genital Schistosomiasis Training Competencies / Ensemble final des compétences pour la Bilharziose génitale chez la femme (BGF)

A comprehensive document of competencies needed for FGS knowledge, diagnosis, treament and prevention in health systems. Un document complet sur les compétences nécessaires à la connaissance, au diagnostic, au traitement et à la prévention de la BGF dans les systèmes de santé. [ENGLISH/FRANÇAIS/PORTUGUES]

Bridges To Development / The FAST Package

GSA Annual Report 2020 and Advisory Board Summary 2021

The Advisory Board met virtually with the GSA Executive on the 1st of March to review the GSA 2020 Annual Report and Operational Strategy for 2021.

WHO | Ending the neglect to attain the sustainable development goals. A Global Strategy on WASH

Tool Kits and Guides

Webinar | #ChooseToChallenge inequity in NTD research

International Women's Day panel, looking at the importance of having women from Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) endemic countries working in, and leading, NTD research.

A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings

A systematic literature review looking at urban and peri-urban schistosomiasis was carried out as a first step to address the research and mapping gap.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

Evidence Action - Case study: A Pilot to Conduct Remote Monitoring Strategies in Kenya During COVID-19

When the Government of Kenya closed schools and implemented social distancing guidelines on March 15th to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one of Evidence Action's flagship programs – the Deworm the World Initiative – had to rapidly adapt to the new conditions on the ground.

Evidence Action

COR-NTD meeting: Developing a M&E framework for schistosomiasis and prioritizing operational research to achieve schistosomiasis elimination

Drs Upendo Mwingira, Steffi Knopp, Fiona Fleming and the GSA team present findings from the COR NTD schistosomiasis elimination pre-meeting sessions and discuss the next steps in consolidating operational research questions into a pathway to develop an M&E framework for schistosomiasis elimination.

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