ZANZIBAR, July 27 -- ZANZIBARS efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis have received a major boost following the successful completion of a comprehensive snail survey across Pemba Island by a joint team of Chinese and Tanzanian experts.

The work undertaken by the ‘Second Experts Team of the China-Zanzibar Schistosomiasis Control Cooperation Project and marks a critical step toward evidence-based control and elimination of the disease in the Islands.

On July 18, 2025, the team completed a large-scale island-wide survey targeting Bulinus snails—the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium, the parasite responsible for urogenital schistosomiasis.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Schistosomiasis, also known a...