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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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Resources

Here is your one-stop-shop for resources on schistosomiasis.

The first section of the page highlights available resource collections. The second section of this webpage 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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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.

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All Resources

03 September 2018

GSA 5th Newlsetter

The 5th volume of the GSA newsletter covering the Schistosomiasis Action Plan, Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) and other schistosomiasis related news from the WHO and our alliance partners.

NTD Programme Managers Side Meeting: Where, when and how can schistosomiasis be eliminated

On the 18th of July the GSA hosted a joint meeting with ESPEN at the NTD Programme Managers meeting in Kigali Rwanda, entitled: "Where, when and how can schistosomiasis be eliminated" You can download the meeting report here.

28 September 2018

WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record Summary Preventative Chemotherapy in 2017

Summary of global update on provision of preventive chemotherapy in 2017 and progress towards ensuring timely supplies and management

26 September 2018

WHO Guideline Development Group

WHO Guideline Development Group proposal. The goal of this GDG meeting will be to provide evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to control morbidity from schistosomiasis and eventually interrupt transmission.

WHO/Department of control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

GSA - NNN Behaviour Change Workshop

The GSA Behaviour Change and Health Education working group organised a workshop at the NTD NGO Network annual conference in Addis Ababa in september 2018. The workshop looked at Behavior Change: Practical education approaches, promotion strategies, and change interventions for improving the effectiveness of NTDs Programmes.

Uniting to Combat FGS Policy Briefing

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), can triple the risk of women contracting HIV, yet safe and effective donated medicines are available but not currently reaching everyone. Read Uniting To Combat NTDs Policy Briefing to find out more.

Uniting To Combat NTDs

Schistosomiasis Strategic Action Plan

Moving Schistosomiasis Out of the Red: Action Plan and Next Steps GSA partners and stakeholders meeting to refine and adopt a Strategic Action Plan for schistosomiasis control and elimination and discuss the identification of key next steps in putting the plan into practice.

Plan d’Action de la Schistosomiase

GSA réunion d'affiner et d’adopter un Plan d’Action Stratégique pour le control et l’élimination de la schistosomiase et pour identifier les étapes principales à venir dans l’application de ce plan.

Moumouni Sako's Story | SCI Video

The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative produced this video of Moumouni Sako's story about the impact of schistosomiasis on him, his family and his community.

Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

WHO Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019-2023

The WHO's 13th General Programme of Work (GPW13) approved by the seventy-first World Health Assembly (WHA).

ESPEN (Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs) Portal

The ESPEN Portal is an electronic platform designed to enable health ministries and stakeholders to share, and exchange subnational programme data, in support of the NTD control and elimination goals.

Tool Kits and Guides

WHO AFRO NTD Mapping Guide - 2018 update

Guide for Mapping Neglected Tropical Diseases Amenableto PreventiveChemotherapy in the African Region

Tool Kits and Guides

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