Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode
worms) of the genus Schistosoma. At least 249 million people required preventive treatment in
2012. Preventive treatment, which should be repeated over a number of years, will reduce and
prevent morbidity.
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Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on “Recognising Impairments at Birth”
Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on “How to Improve the Health and Development of your Child”
Please download the district fact sheets directly for each state/union territory at the website:
http://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-OF31-Other-Fact-Sheets.cfm
Adapted from a fact sheet on TB from the International Council of Nurse’s Global TB/MDR-TB Resource Centre at: http://www.icn.ch/tb/stigma.htm.
Accessed November 2017
Fact sheet on Tuberculosis in Rwanda
Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Portugues
Fact sheet -Updated November 2015