The big picture
Affecting 110 million African children, schistosomiasis control demands an urgent shift from drug treatments to permanent transmission interruption. This requires pairing paediatric drug formulations and new interventions including any new vaccines with locally-relevant multisectoral policy, WASH infrastructure and community-led behaviour change as well as sustained domestic financing.
Authors
- Francisca Mutapi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-3466)
- Mark E J Woolhouse
Institutions
- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution (GB)
- Edinburgh Genomics (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EMBO Reports
- Published
- 2026-06-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00845-x
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Academy of Medical Sciences