Schistosomiasis Control Program – Real Lives, Real Change

May 1, 2010
Integrated Drug Treatment Saves Time, Money in Nigeria
Over the past three years, The Carter Center, in partnership with the Nigeria Ministry of Health, has introduced an innovative way of simultaneously treating several parasitic diseases in Nigeria. In this approach — known as triple-drug treatment — a health worker gives a community member three different medicines at one time that in combination treat river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and several kinds of intestinal worms. In the interview that follows, Frank Richards Jr., M.D., who directs the Center's programs for fighting these diseases, discusses the benefits of the triple-drug approach.

June 5, 2008
Strong Friendship Sustains Children Weakened by Disease
In the community of Nasarawa North in Nigeria, friends 13-year-old Aminu Farouk, 12-year-old Dauda Usman, and 11-year-old Salihu Abdullahi share a deep secret. Each suffers from urinary schistosomiasis, a silent and destructive parasitic infection.

Dec. 19, 2006
Many Forgotten Diseases, One Integrated Approach
Over the past two decades, The Carter Center, in partnership with Nigerian health authorities, has created a village-based health care delivery infrastructure to treat multiple diseases simultaneously. Thanks to these interventions, children can have the opportunity to grow up no longer fearing the blindness, disfigurement, organ damage, and life-sapping fevers that their parents suffered.

May 1, 2006
Dr. Emmanuel Miri: 'Dr. Water' Pours New Life into Rural Nigerian Communities with Carter Center Health Programs
His name means "water" and "life" in the Southeastern region of his native Nigeria, and perhaps no name could be more appropriate for Dr. Emmanuel Miri, resident technical adviser for the Carter Center's health programs in Nigeria.

June 3, 2005
Schistosomiasis in Kwa'al, Nigeria: A Profile
Slide presentation of the Carter Center's work in Kwa'al, Nigeria. All photos by Emily Howard Staub.

May 1, 2005
Innovative Approach to Disease Control Multiplies Results
This article was originally published in the spring 2005 issue of The Carter Center News.