A 4th training workshop was held in Kampala from 10 to 13 December 2002,
supported by SCI, WHO, and DBL, to finalise preparations for the launch of
the National Schistosomiasis Control Programme. Participants included
District Health and Education Officers from 18 Districts, which have been
selected for inclusion in the first round of treatment because of known high
schistosomiasis prevalence levels The official launch of the Programme is
still scheduled for February 28th, 2003.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Government of
Uganda Ministry of Health and by Sir Richard Sykes for Imperial College, to
confirm that both parties wish to collaborate over the coming 4 years in
implementing a control programme.
SCI has entered into an informal agreement with the Department of
Pathology, University of Cambridge, to collaborate with Vector Control
Division of the Ugandan Ministry of Health on the collection of data on
schistosomiasis morbidity in relevant areas of Uganda.
