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Africa: Prawns Show Promise in Parasite Control
SciDev.Net, 20 January 2014
Reintroducing prawns to lakes and rivers in which they have been partially or fully lost may be a sustainable way of controlling the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, which kills… Read more »
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Africa: WHO to Select Research Projects On Neglected Diseases
SciDev.Net, 3 December 2013
A WHO expert committee is meeting in Geneva this week (3-5 December) to narrow down a shortlist of 24 research proposals from across the world that aim to tackle diseases that… Read more »
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Kenya: Worms Infections in Children Drops - Report
The Star, 3 October 2013
Intensity and prevalence of worm infections in children have reduced significantly, a report by the Ministries Health and Education has shown. Read more »
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Africa: Schistosomiasis Control a Route to Cutting HIV in Africa
SciDev.Net, 23 April 2013
The transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa could be slashed if efforts are made to combat the spread of the waterborne disease schistosomiasis by providing clean water,… Read more »
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Nigeria: River Blindness Has a Lot of Economic Implications - Joseph Ezigbo
Vanguard, 18 April 2013
Health, they say, is wealth, so a situation where, according to statistics, about 300,000 people in Africa have lost their sight due to river blindness (onchocerciasis), more than… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Takes a Stand Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Vanguard, 24 February 2013
NINETY-year-old Professor Adetokunbo Lucas, former lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health, and front line researcher and high profile board member of the world’s… Read more »
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Tanzania: Schistosomiasis - Lake Tanganyika - Disease in Humans and Baboons
Daily News, 17 February 2013
In terms of the two types of schistosomiasis (kichocho) in Tanzania, urinary schistosomiasis (S. haematobium) appears to be much more prevalent than intestinal schistosomiasis (S.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Three Million Nigerians to Benefit From Life-Saving De-Worming Tablets Donated By UN
UN News, 8 November 2012
The United Nations health agency today handed over more than five million de-worming tablets to the Nigerian Government to protect three million people from schistosomiasis, a… Read more »