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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.

Research Publications

Collection of peer-reviewed publications.

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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

Could This Child Have Schistosomiasis? When to Suspect It and What to Do About It

This review aims to summarize the most common clinical manifestations of schistosomiasis in different populations of children (migrants versus returned travelers after short stays) with a proposed screening and treatment algorithm.

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Peer-reviewed article

Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study.

Given the potentially causal association of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) with HIV-1 infection, improved diagnostics are urgently needed to scale-up FGS surveillance. The BILHIV (bilharzia and HIV) study assessed the performance of home-based self-collection methods (cervical and vaginal swabs) compared to cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) for the detection of Schistosoma DNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Peer-reviewed article

Stepping stones method: A participatory research method to understand health care pathways for Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Nigeria

This blog post provides researchers’ reflections on the use of Stepping Stones, a participatory research method applied with health professionals to understand how to strengthen local health systems to manage cases of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).

COUNTDOWN LIBERIA take on new challenge, working with participants to develop a health systems intervention for Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)

COUNTDOWN LIBERIA TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE: Participatory Development of an Intervention to address FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS (FGS) and support health systems strengthening.

Where can a 50-year career in schistosomiasis take you geographically and scientifically? A conversation with Dr. Dan Colley

"Where can a 50-year career in schistosomiasis take you geographically and scientifically?", a conversation with Dr. Dan Colley (Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Georgia) & Dr. Goylette Chami (Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford).

A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association between urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS infection.

This is a systematic review to determine if there is an association between UGS and HIV/AIDS infections.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

NTD Modelling Consortium: Impact of COVID-19 on NTD programmes progress

The NTD Modelling Consortium prepared this document for the WHO Meeting on ‘Mitigation and recovery from COVID-19-associated delays: a research agenda for NTD programmes’.

NTD Modelling Consortium

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

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