Chinese health experts promote women's health awareness in Tanzania's Zanzibar

DAR ES SALAAM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The expert team of the China-aided Zanzibar schistosomiasis prevention and control project on Thursday held a health education event on female genital schistosomiasis at a primary school on Pemba Island.

The event, held ahead of International Women's Day to be marked on March 8, focused on adolescent girls' health and school-based disease prevention, attracting more than 400 teachers and pupils, according to Li Wei, deputy director of the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases.