Stopping Schistosomiasis in Africa.The Schistosomiasis schistosomiasis (shĭs`təsōmī`əsĭs), bilharziasis, or snail fever, parasitic disease caused by blood flukes, trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. Control Initiative, a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is a former unit manager for several Microsoft products: Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. Foundation and based at imperial College London History Imperial College was founded in 1907, with the merger of the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science (all of which had been founded between 1845 and 1878) with these entities continuing to exist as "constituent colleges". , has announced it will deliver treatment to some 15 million people, mainly children, in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (burkē`nə fä`sō), republic (2005 est. pop. 13,925,000), 105,869 sq mi (274,200 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Mali in the west and north, on Niger in the northeast, on Benin in the southeast, and on Togo, Ghana, and , Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, in addition to the half million already being treated in Uganda, where the initiative was launched in March 2003. Schistosomiasis, a chronic parasite-borne disease, currently affects 200 million people worldwide, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Along with an intensive program of surveillance and monitoring, patients will receive annual treatment for up to four years of the intestinal worms that often accompany schistosomiasis. |
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