National Prevalence Survey of Schistosomiasis in the Philippines

Lydia R. Leonardo, DrPH

College of Public Health

University of the Philippines Manila

       The national prevalence survey of schistosomiasis in the philippines was divided into three phases namely Phase I in Mindanao completed in 2005;  Phase II in the Visayas in 2006 and Phase III in Luzon in 2007. 

The project was developed after several consultative meetings among Dr. Rahman Velayudhan from the World Health