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This study reviewed peer-reviewed publications released before June 2021 to assess the effectiveness of BC projects in decreasing risk practices and disease prevalence. Projects used four approaches: health education (HEIs), social-environmental (SEIs), physical-environmental (PEIs), and incentives-centred interventions (ICIs).

A series of documents which have been prepared by the Schistosomiasis unit of the WHO Parasitic Diseases Programme (PDP) and which are intended to provide up-to-date information on technical aspects of schistosomiasis control.

FGS Integration Group (FIG) - A policy brief tackling a neglected reproductive health crisis outlining the impact of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) on women and girls.

The FAST Package has developed an educator’s booklet that includes information on schistosomiasis and FGS, lesson plans, and activities for children.

Webinar recording from Nursing Now Challenge on Female Genital Schistosomiasis

Integrating cervical cancer screening and care with other health service delivery systems through innovative solutions - learning and key recommendations from the Geneva Health Forum 2022.

In Cameroon, despite high community prevalences of urine-patent S. haematobium infections, FGS has yet to be studied in depth. To shed light on the clinical prevalence and socioeconomic effects of FGS, researchers undertook a formative community-based epidemiological and qualitative survey.

This short video introduces The FAST Package, a combination of proven interventions designed to reduce the impact of female genital schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a sustainability framework for action against neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030 is a companion document to the road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021−2030.

This training guide supports the diagnosis and care of suspected female genital schistosomiasis and how to appropriately refer women or girls for further investigation when required.

International Women's Day panel, looking at the importance of having women from Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) endemic countries working in, and leading, NTD research.

This is a review of studies of people living in sub-Saharan Africa coinfected with HIV and Schistosoma spp. between January 1996 and July 2018.

For World AIDS Day Prof Margaret Gyapong and Dr Amaya Bustinduy will talk about the impact of Female Genital Schistosomiasis on women, communites and global health.

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.

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).

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.
 

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected and disabling gynaecological disorder that is difficult to diagnose and is part of the wider spectrum of urogenital disease caused by the waterborne parasite Schistosoma haematobium. The Bilharzia and HIV (BILHIV) study evaluated home self-sampling genital collection methods for the diagnosis of FGS. Home based genital self-sampling for FGS diagnosis is highly acceptable. This scalable method may inform future efforts for community-based diagnosis of FGS.

This workshop was designed to contribute to capacity building of local health systems, focusing on an integrated and comprehensive health care approach for women’s health and helping to interlink management for individual diseases.

This discussion paper reviews the available evidence of how gender impacts NTDs risks and outcomes, highlights current data and implementation gaps and proposes a set of five recommendations as a way forward to better understand and act on the gender dimensions of NTDs.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have called for integrated efforts to address the disparate burden of diseases borne by women and girls in Africa.

A video highlighting the importance of a reseach agenda for Female Genital Schistosomiasis.

This review aims to provide a concise overview of associations between HIV and selected helminthic co-infections concerning aspects of HIV acquisition and transmission, clinical and immunological findings in co-infected individuals, as well as treatment and prevention efforts

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected gynecologic condition and a cofactor of HIV across sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

Cet atlas de poche de la bilharziose génitale féminine a été élaboré comme une aide visuelle pour sensibiliser sur l’infection et faciliter le diagnostic clinique par les professionnels de santé travaillant dans des environnements à faibles ressources, en particulier dans les zones rurales où la bilharziose est endémique.

In a review of the studies on genital schistosomiasis, the cervix, the Fallopian tubes, and the vagina are the most common gynaecological sites to harbour Schistosoma haematobium.