Projektnummer

0056062

Zusammenfassung

Nigeria has the highest African burden of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis (STH). Modelling studies on the geospatial distribution of schistosomiasis, STH and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are becoming increasingly useful, with global risk mapping databases for intervention and control. The proposed project will build on the successes of schistosomiasis database (http://www.gntd.org) to develop a similar database for STH to delineate and predict areas of co-spatial distribution for integrated control. With the increasing international support to control sc...