"We currently have over 2,500 people who are suffering from Bilharzia in Uganda, so sick that the health system cannot manage them," Dr Narcis Kabatereine has said. Kabateraine, who is the former head ...

Robyn Williams: In villages around Uganda and other places in Africa, small creatures infect thousands to make their lives a misery. Dr Russell Stothard is at the Natural History Museum at London, and ...

Children of women harboring the bilharzia (schistosomiasis) worm during pregnancy are more likely to suffer the infection by the age of five years, a new study has found. Children of women harboring ...

Treatment. Currently, there is no bilharzia treatment for children below five years. This means they are at more risk than those above five years and adults, yet they have a lot of contact with ...

Fishermen at Katosi landing site prepare to go fishing. Wading through fresh lake water puts people at risk of Bilharzia infection. Photo by Paul Menya Emmanuel Kizito has been forced to abandon ...

About 150 pupils were reportedly affected by the bilharzia outbreak that engulfed a school in Tzaneen, Limpopo. Pupils from Malwandla Primary School in Petanenge informal settlement near Nkowankowa ...

Across many of Kenya’s counties, it is not uncommon to find women and young girls waist-deep in river water washing clothes or taking a bath. It is a normal way of life for them as they remain ...

South Africa's rural women are at the heart of the country's HIV/Aids pandemic, but according to a University of KwaZulu-Natal research team bilharzia is making them even more prone to contracting HIV ...

LOCALS have long suspected that the Glenmore beach lagoon is infested with bilharzia, but a UK visitor claims to be a victim. He is now blaming Ugu Municipality for being lax with its signage. Lester ...

Three children have reportedly died in Harare and Redcliff after taking the bilharzia drug, but government was yesterday adamant that it would not stop the mass drug immunisation programme. Secretary ...

Bilharzia, also known as ‘snail fever’ or schistosomiasis, is an infection caused by microscopic parasitic worms. The parasites are rife in areas of freshwater, such as rivers and lakes, in popular ...