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Border parasites: schistosomiasis control among Uganda's fisherfolk

Melissa Parker Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology (CRIMA), Brunel University, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tim Allen Department of International Development, London School of Economics, London, UK
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Georgina Pearson Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology (CRIMA), Brunel University, London, UK
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Nichola Peach Department of International Development, London School of Economics, London, UK
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Rachel Flynn Department of International Development, London School of Economics, London, UK
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Nicholas Rees Department of International Development, London School of Economics, London, UK
Pages 98-123 | Received 19 Sep 2011, Published online: 13 Apr 2012

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Melissa Parker & Tim Allen. (2014) De-Politicizing Parasites: Reflections on Attempts to Control the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Medical Anthropology 33:3, pages 223-239.
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Caroline Barratt & Edward H. Allison. (2014) Vulnerable people, vulnerable resources? Exploring the relationship between people's vulnerability and the sustainability of community-managed natural resources. Development Studies Research 1:1, pages 16-27.
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J Russell Stothard, José C Sousa-Figueiredo & Annalan MD Navaratnam. (2013) Advocacy, policies and practicalities of preventive chemotherapy campaigns for African children with schistosomiasis. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 11:7, pages 733-752.
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Nadine Beckmann. (2012) Medicines of hope? The tough decision for anti-retroviral use for HIV in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Journal of Eastern African Studies 6:4, pages 690-708.
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Tim Allen & Laura Storm. (2012) Quests for therapy in northern Uganda: healing at Laropi revisited. Journal of Eastern African Studies 6:1, pages 22-46.
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Tim Allen & Melissa Parker. (2023) In the line of duty: Militarising African epidemics. Global Policy.
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Sarah N. Ssali, Rosemary Morgan, Salama Nakiranda, Christopher K. Opio & Mariam Otmani del Barrio. (2023) Gendered lives, gendered Vulnerabilities: An intersectional gender analysis of exposure to and treatment of schistosomiasis in Pakwach district, Uganda. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17:11, pages e0010639.
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Melissa Parker, Moses Baluku, Bono E. Ozunga, Bob Okello, Peter Kermundu, Grace Akello, Hayley MacGregor, Melissa Leach & Tim Allen. (2022) Epidemics and the Military: Responding to COVID-19 in Uganda. Social Science & Medicine 314, pages 115482.
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Molly W Adams, Elizabeth G Sutherland, Erin L Eckert, Khalida Saalim & Richard Reithinger. (2022) Leaving no one behind: targeting mobile and migrant populations with health interventions for disease elimination—a descriptive systematic review. BMC Medicine 20:1.
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Tara B. Mtuy, Kevin Bardosh, Jeremiah Ngondi, Upendo Mwingira, Janet Seeley, Matthew Burton & Shelley Lees. (2020) Understanding hard-to-reach communities: local perspectives and experiences of trachoma control among the pastoralist Maasai in northern Tanzania. Journal of Biosocial Science 53:6, pages 819-838.
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Duncan J. Berger, Thomas Crellen, Poppy H. L. Lamberton, Fiona Allan, Alan Tracey, Jennifer D. Noonan, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Moses Adriko, Nancy Holroyd, Joanne P. Webster, Matthew Berriman & James A. Cotton. (2021) Whole-genome sequencing of Schistosoma mansoni reveals extensive diversity with limited selection despite mass drug administration. Nature Communications 12:1.
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Hellen Akurut, Richard E. Sanya, Lawrence Lubyayi, Margaret Nampijja, Moses Kizza, James Kaweesa, Robert Kizindo, Moses Sewankambo, Denis Nsubuga, Edridah Tukahebwa, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Alison M. Elliott & Emily L. Webb. (2020) Anthelminthic treatment receipt and its predictors in Lake Victoria fishing communities, Uganda: Intervention coverage results from the LaVIISWA cluster randomised trial. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14:10, pages e0008718.
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Goylette F. Chami, Narcis B. Kabatereine & Edridah M. Tukahebwa. (2019) Profiling the best-performing community medicine distributors for mass drug administration: a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of treatment for schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda. BMC Medicine 17:1.
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Vida Ami Kukula, Eleanor E. MacPherson, Irene Honam Tsey, J. Russell Stothard, Sally Theobald & Margaret Gyapong. (2019) A major hurdle in the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis revealed: Identifying key gaps in knowledge and understanding of female genital schistosomiasis within communities and local health workers. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13:3, pages e0007207.
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Lorenzo Savioli, Marco Albonico, Daniel G. Colley, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Alan Fenwick, Will Green, Narcis Kabatereine, Achille Kabore, Naftale Katz, Katharina Klohe, Philip T. LoVerde, David Rollinson, J. Russell Stothard, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuent?Johannes Waltz & Xiao-Nong Zhou. (2017) Building a global schistosomiasis alliance: an opportunity to join forces to fight inequality and rural poverty. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 6:1.
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Goylette F. Chami, Andreas A. Kontoleon, Erwin Bulte, Alan Fenwick, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa & David W. Dunne. (2017) Community-directed mass drug administration is undermined by status seeking in friendship networks and inadequate trust in health advice networks. Social Science & Medicine 183, pages 37-47.
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Melissa Parker, Katja Polman & Tim Allen. (2016) NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S1-S15.
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Georgina Pearson. (2016) LOW PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG FISHERFOLK LIVING ALONG THE RIVER NILE IN NORTH-WESTERN UGANDA: A BIOSOCIAL INVESTIGATION. Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S74-S91.
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Tim Allen & Melissa Parker. (2016) DEWORMING DELUSIONS? MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN EAST AFRICAN SCHOOLS. Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S116-S147.
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J. R. Stothard, A. N. Khamis, I. S. Khamis, C. H. E. Neo, I. Wei & D. Rollinson. (2016) HEALTH EDUCATION AND THE CONTROL OF UROGENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE JUMA NA KICHOCHO COMIC-STRIP MEDICAL BOOKLET IN ZANZIBAR . Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S40-S55.
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B. Person, S. Knopp, S. M. Ali, F. M. A’kadir, A. N. Khamis, J. N. Ali, J. H. Lymo, K. A. Mohammed & D. Rollinson. (2016) COMMUNITY CO-DESIGNED SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL INTERVENTIONS FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN ZANZIBAR. Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S56-S73.
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Julie Hastings. (2016) RUMOURS, RIOTS AND THE REJECTION OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN MOROGORO, TANZANIA. Journal of Biosocial Science 48:S1, pages S16-S39.
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Christophe Béné, Robert Arthur, Hannah Norbury, Edward H. Allison, Malcolm Beveridge, Simon Bush, Liam Campling, Will Leschen, David Little, Dale Squires, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Max Troell & Meryl Williams. (2016) Contribution of Fisheries and Aquaculture to Food Security and Poverty Reduction: Assessing the Current Evidence. World Development 79, pages 177-196.
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Goylette F. Chami, Andreas A. Kontoleon, Erwin Bulte, Alan Fenwick, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa & David W. Dunne. (2016) Profiling Nonrecipients of Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis and Hookworm Infections: A Comprehensive Analysis of Praziquantel and Albendazole Coverage in Community-Directed Treatment in Uganda. Clinical Infectious Diseases 62:2, pages 200-207.
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SIMON MUHUMUZA, ANNETTE OLSEN, FRED NUWAHA & ANNE KATAHOIRE. (2014) UNDERSTANDING LOW UPTAKE OF MASS TREATMENT FOR INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IN JINJA DISTRICT, UGANDA. Journal of Biosocial Science 47:4, pages 505-520.
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Andi Cahaya. (2015) Fishermen Community in the Coastal Area: A Note from Indonesian Poor Family. Procedia Economics and Finance 26, pages 29-33.
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