Project Example

Schistosomiasis (“Bilharzia”) Monitoring in Uganda, Round 1 October–December 2016

Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 Schistosomiasis (PMA Schisto) was a research module created specifically for Uganda, to develop the first nationally representative prevalence rate of Schistosomiasis, a highly endemic and neglected parasitic disease.

The first round of PMA Schisto was implemented by Makerere University School of Public Health in Kampala, in partnership with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the Uganda Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Division and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. Overall direction and support was provided by the Johns Hopkins University Water Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Source: Uganda Ministry of Health

Date of Publication: November 10, 2021