Tanzania's Zanzibar steps up schistosomiasis screening to protect school children


DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibar on Saturday launched a major initiative to strengthen the fight against urinary schistosomiasis among school-age children, with the third batch of Chinese experts for the second phase of the China-aided schistosomiasis control project conducting a training session on Pemba Island.

More than 80 participants, including education officials, school heads, health volunteers, and disease control experts, attended the session, which focused on preparations to screen over 30,000 children in all 31 primary and secondary schools on the island.

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