WHO: Schistosomiasis
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Description: Provides information on the WHO strategy on the use of anthelminthic drugs to control schistosomiasis in poor and marginalized communities.
A child being measured against a dose-pole and taking praziquantel, two crucial steps in implementing preventive chemotherapy. ©Lester Chitsulo/WHO Schistosomiasis is a disease of poverty that leads to chronic ill-health. Infection is acquired when people come into contact with fresh water infested with the larval forms (cercariae) of parasitic blood flukes, known as schistosomes. The microscopic adult worms live in the veins draining the urinary tract and intestines. Most of the eggs they lay are trapped in the tissues and the body’s reaction to them can cause massive damage.
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| Page title: | WHO | Schistosomiasis |
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| Date | created: 1998-06-05 changed: 2007-06-22 |