Health education in the control of schistosomiasis
- Geneva World Health Organization 1990
- 61p.
Discusses the different ways in which health education can complicate efforts to control schistosomiasis and is intended for use by primary health workers. Examines health education initiatives in all sections of the community. According to the information presented, current efforts to control the disease are concerned with diagnosis and treatment, improved water supply and sanitation facilities and elimination of the parasite's intermediate host, which is the freshwater snail.
92 4 154407 4
Health Education|Schistosomiasis|Primary Health Care|Water Supply|Sanitation|Snails|World Health Organization