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Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is estimated to affect 250 million people worldwide. The transmission of the disease is dependent on complex interactions between human behaviour, access to adequate health care, environmental factors (such as access to clean water), and individual biological and social characteristics of people in at risk communities.
Goylette Chami from the SchistoTrack Research Group takes us to Uganda to see how a diverse team of researchers are using their expertise in parasitology, clinical and social epidemiology, statistical modelling, and machine learning to try to tackle the disease. Importantly, the team works with local communities and governments to develop guidelines for studying other complex disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
Writer: Charlotte Bird
Editor: James Lee-Warner
Subtítulos en español: María Calzada Martín, Manuel Alonso Antón, Sofía Cacho Iturralde, Paloma García Férriz e Isabel Martín Herrero. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is estimated to affect 250 million people worldwide. The transmission of the disease is dependent on complex interactions between human behaviour, access to adequate health care, environmental factors (such as access to clean water), and individual biological and social characteristics of people in at risk communities.
Goylette Chami from the SchistoTrack Research Group takes us to Uganda to see how a diverse team of researchers are using their expertise in parasitology, clinical and social epidemiology, statistical modelling, and machine learning to try to tackle the disease. Importantly, the team works with local communities and governments to develop guidelines for studying other complex disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
Writer: Charlotte Bird
Editor: James Lee-Warner
Subtítulos en español: María Calzada Martín, Manuel Alonso Antón, Sofía Cacho Iturralde, Paloma García Férriz e Isabel Martín Herrero. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
