Schistosomiasis control in China: the impact of a 10-year World Bank Loan Project (1992-2001)

• Main Authors: Xianyi Chen (Author), Liying Wang (Author), Jiming Cai (Author), Xiaonong Zhou (Author), Jiang Zheng (Author), Jiagang Guo (Author), Xiaohua Wu (Author), Engels D. (Author), Minggang Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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China has been carrying out large-scale schistosomiasis control since the mid-1950s, but in the early 1990s, schistosomiasis was still endemic in eight provinces. A World Bank Loan Project enabled further significant progress to be made during the period 1992-2001. The control strategy was focused o...