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The information system is an important part in schistosomiasis control work. The rapid development of information technology for epidemic data has promoted the establishment of China’s schistosomiasis elimination monitoring system, and has accelerated the process of schistosomiasis elimination. The schistosomiasis information system has not been established at the national level in Zanzibar’s and information management capabilities are very weak. There is a lack of data that can fully and dynamically reflect the population’s disease and risk factors epidemic trends and their influencing factors. This situation cannot meet the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis. The China expert team assisted Zanzibar to build an African schistosomiasis control information system suitable for local epidemics, which improve data management application level and service capabilities of schistosomiasis control work.
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Shi, L., Shoka, Y. (2021). Construction of an Epidemic Management Information System Leading to Schistosomiasis Elimination in Zanzibar. In: Yang, K., Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Sino-African Cooperation for Schistosomiasis Control in Zanzibar. Parasitology Research Monographs, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72165-7_13
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