What is it about?

It’s about non pharmacological intervention of controlling schistosomiasis that has become in the geographical location where the study was carried out

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Why is it important?

It’s important because despite mass distribution of praziquantel and provision of portable water the endemic disease still runs riot hence a reason to think out of box to use non pharmacological method in the control of the endemic

Perspectives

It’s my belief that recommendations in this published work if carefully implemented can flatten the curve of schistosomiasis in Bauchi state and it’s replicable in most Sub-Sahara Africa countries

Dr Sunday Charles Adeyemo
Institut Superiure de Sante ISS Niger

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This page is a summary of: Effect of health education in the control of schistosomiasis in Dass Emirate Council of Bauchi State, Nigeria: An intervention study, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2025, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012358.
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