Schistosomiasis and water resources development in Africa: A scoping review and multi-case evaluation of associated snail control

May N. Sule; Ibrahim El Lahham; Mutinta N. Munkombwe; Patricia Nasike; Anouk Gouvras; David Rollinson; Rashid Mbaziira; Comfort Kanshio; Giulio A. De Leo

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013180

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Schistosomiasis and water resources development in Africa: A scoping review and multi-case evaluation of associated snail control

May N. Sule ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: m.sule08@alumni.imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Water, Environment and Development, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1241-4812

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Ibrahim El Lahham,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Water, Environment and Development, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom
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Mutinta N. Munkombwe,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Water, Environment and Development, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom
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Patricia Nasike,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Water, Environment and Development, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom
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Anouk Gouvras,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, London, United Kingdom
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David Rollinson,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, London, United Kingdom
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Rashid Mbaziira,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), Asokoro Abuja, Nigeria
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Comfort Kanshio,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), Asokoro Abuja, Nigeria
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Giulio A. De Leo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oceans and Woods Institute for the Environment, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
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Schistosomiasis and water resources development in Africa: A scoping review and multi-case evaluation of associated snail control

May N. Sule,
Ibrahim El Lahham,
Mutinta N. Munkombwe,
Patricia Nasike,
Anouk Gouvras,
David Rollinson,
Rashid Mbaziira,
Comfort Kanshio,
Giulio A. De Leo

Published: June 12, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013180

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