Successful Mass Drug Administration across Tanzania

The last quarter of 2007 brought to a successful close the second treatment campaign of the National Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted helminth Control Programme (NSSCP) which targeted school-aged children and, for the first time, communities residing in the highest prevalence districts in Tanzania.

Third Schistosomiasis treatment on Pemba Island, Zanizbar

The Kichocho Control Programme, coordinated on Pemba Island, Zanzibar at the Public Health Laboratory- Ivo de Carneri, recently delivered the third annual treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths. Praziquantel and albendazole were distributed to all school-aged children across the island during 19th-26th June 2006 in a school-based approach reaching approximately 90,000 individuals.

News

• Five million school children receive treatment on mainland Tanzania Nov-Dec 2005
• Launch of programme in Tanzania – July 2nd 2005
• Urinary schistosomiasis questionnaires on Zanzibar (Unguja)
• Development of a proposal for submission to the European Union, Zanzibar (Unguja) May 2nd – 6th 2005
• Ultrasonography training on Zanzibar (Unguja), 9th – 13th, May 2005
• Ultrasound Training Workshop in Mwanza, Tanzania February 8th-18th 2005
• Opening of New Helminth Control Laboratory, Unguja, Zanzibar
• National Deworming Training Started in Mainland Tanzania
• Mass Drug Distribution on Pemba Island, Zanzibar 
• SCI staff visit to Zanzibar.

SCI Coordinator Profiles

• Dr Ursuline Nyandindi, School Health Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Dar es Salaam, SCI Coordinator, Tanzania mainland
• Mr Hamad Juma Haji, SCI Coordinator, Zanzibar.

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