Dar es Salaam, Sept. 10 -- SMILES, gratitude and heart- felt words filled the air at the Stone Town based State House on Monday (August 25, 2025), as President Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi led Zanzibar in bidding farewell to the 34th team of Chinese medical specialists and schistosomiasis control experts.

For the past year, the doctors have worked side by side with Zanzibar health workers, treating patients, introducing new technologies and making significant progress in the fight against schistosomiasis a parasitic disease that has long affected communities in Unguja and Pemba.

“I extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the 34th team of Chinese medical spe- cialists and schistosomiasis experts for the excellent work they have done i...