Schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection impacting millions in tropical areas, poses significant health risks, including organ damage and failure. The disease, caused by schistosoma larvae, leads to ...

A team of healthcare workers from a nearby clinic visited them as part of a schistosomiasis screening programme.

Kenya is working on an ambitious target to eliminate bilharzia by 2030. This is a neglected tropical disease mostly found in ...

Nigeria launches a DHIS2-based system to improve data accuracy, access, and ownership in NTD drug campaigns, replacing ...

By Maxwell Awumah Ho, Nov. 05, GNA- Professor Margaret Gyapong, the Scientific Lead of the WINGS-4-FGS project, has said it ...

The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) and its partners are undertaking an initiative aimed at creating awareness of female genital schistosomiasis on the African Continent. The ...

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-In a decisive move to wipe out schistosomiasis (“bilharzia”) as a major public-health concern by 2030, Ministry of Health has announced a comprehensive mass drug administration ...

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with partners will conduct a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign for bilharzia and Soil Transmitted Hermith (STH) from 3 to 7th November.

For two years, Edward Kafeero, commonly known as Owekikapu, a resident of Mweena Landing Site in Kalangala District, has relied on offloading boats to fend for his family of three and educate his ...