The big picture
Francisca Mutapi, Mark E J Woolhouse · 2026
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Francisca Mutapi and Mark E J Woolhouse argue, in 2026, that schistosomiasis control in Africa must move from repeated drug treatment to permanently breaking transmission. The parasitic worm disease affects an estimated 110 million African children and ranks second only to malaria among parasitic diseases on the continent. Treatment alone has not ended it.
The authors call for pairing child-friendly drug forms and any future vaccines with clean water and sanitation infrastructure, locally shaped policy and community-led behavior change. Sustained domestic financing is presented as essential, rather than reliance on outside donors. Their essay reframes the goal from managing illness in children to eliminating the conditions that infect them.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Francisca Mutapi, Mark E J Woolhouse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29200 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |