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028			_bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102:
028			_bP. O Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania:
028			_b Phone: +255 28 298 3384:
028			_bFax: +255 28 298 3386:
028			_bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz :
028			_b www.bugando.ac.tz
035			_aCUHAS/MD/4001159/T/14
040			_bEnglish _cDDC
041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_a Simon, Charles. M _dCUHAS/MD/4001159/T/14 _920993
245			_a Urogenital Schistosomiasis Transmission Risk Assessment among School Children Aged 9 to 15 Years Old in Musoma Urban District, Tanzania.
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : _c©2019
300			_avii; 35 Pages
300			_aIncludes References
520			_aAbstract: Schistosomiasis is one among the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and is an important cause of morbidity in the tropics and sub tropic. Its transmission has been reported in 78 countries worldwide, including Tanzania, where it is found particularly in areas surrounding Lake Victoria including Mara. In areas where infection is endemic there is high risk of transmission of the parasite in the community, especially school aged children. This study aimed to determine awareness about the existence, risk factors, transmission, mass treatment program and prevention of urogenital schistosomiasis in the community. It was a cross-sectional study including 410 randomly selected primary school students in Musoma urban district, Mara Tanzania. Among them 55.6% were girls, and 44.4% were boys. Data was collected using a pretested closed ended questionnaire. Of the 410 interviewed children, 98.2% reported to have heard of urogenital Schistosomiasis, with the majority 24% citing information from school as the source of this knowledge. Majority about 308 (80.4%) of the study respondents reported to know Schistosomiasis is transmissible. The knowledge about modalities by which urogenital Schistosomiasis can be transmitted is high 80.4% of the respondents. 74.4% of the respondents know symptoms of urogenital Schistosomiasis. 94.1% of the respondents said urogenital Schistosomiasis can be treated with different modalities at schools and hospitals, 59.4% of the study respondents know about different modalities of prevention of urogenital Schistosomiasis. Only 75.8% of primary school children knew about the mass treatment control program.
600			_xParasitology and Entomology
700			_aRuganuza, Deodatus _920068
942			_2ddc _cCR
999			_c20977 _d20977