Across many of Kenya’s counties, it is not uncommon to find women and young girls waist-deep in river water washing clothes or taking a bath. It is a normal way of life for them as they remain ...

TWENTY-THREE wards in Nyanga, Manicaland province, have been targeted for the ongoing nationwide bilharzia mass drug administration programme targeting children aged between five and 14.

[Courtesy] You can now access free treatment for schistosomiasis (bilharzia) in Lamu, Taita Taveta, Kilifi, Tana River, Kwale and Mombasa. Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease caused by parasitic ...

Professor Farley describes how governments and organizations in Britain, the British colonies, the United States, Central and South America, South Africa, China, and the World Health Organization ...

As part of a series of six comics on public authority in different countries across Africa, Ugandan artist Dianah Bwengye has collaborated with researcher Gloria Kiconco to illustrate why mass drug ...

From this week, the Ministry of Health and Child Care will be running a mass drug administration campaign against bilharzia, scientifically known as schistosomiasis, and intestinal worms ...

Although there is no evidence yet that it affects COVID-19 vaccines, schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, has been associated with lower vaccine immunity for several vaccines. Tropical ...