BIOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO THE CONTROL OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Abstract

This special issue includes 7 articles focusing on the biosocial perspective of controlling neglected tropical diseases. The topics discussed are: rumours, riots and the rejection of mass drug administration for the treatment of schistosomiasis; health education and the control of urogenital schistosomiasis; community co-designed schistosomiasis control interventions for school-aged children; low prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis among fisherfolk living along the River Nile; pathways and possibilities for the control of zoonotic cystic echinococcosis at the slaughterhouse; and school-based mass drug administration for deworming school children.