Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Former President Jimmy Carter, center left, and former first lady Rosalyn Carter, left, help administer a praziquantel pill to a child during a visit to Nasarawa, Nigeria, Feb. 15, 2007. Each dose of the treatment for Schistosomiasis costs only 20 cents, but is sometimes sold for two dollars locally. The pill only needs to be taken once a year to be effective. Photo by Wes Pope/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

TANZANIA-CHINA-AID PROJECT-BILHARZIA CONTROL

TANZANIA-CHINA-AID PROJECT-BILHARZIA CONTROL

(240803) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Katibu Mkuu Habiba (2nd R), principal secretary of the Zanzibar Ministry of Health, inspects the schistosomiasis laboratory with the accompany of the experts of the China-aid project on schistosomiasis control in Pemba Island, Tanzania, on July 31, 2024. TO GO WITH "Tanzania praises Chinese aid project for bilharzia control" (China-aid Project on Schistosomiasis Control in Zanzibar experts group/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China, Zimbabwe cooperate on schistosomiasis elimination

STORY: China, Zimbabwe cooperate on schistosomiasis elimination DATELINE: July 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: SHAMVA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of a rural clinic 2. various of patients receiving schistosomiasis tablets 3. various of laboratory testing 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LI SHIZHU, Deputy director of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICHOLAS MIDZI, Director of Zimbabwe's the National Institute of Health Research 6. various people by a water stream 7. various of school children watching an educational video on schistosomiasis STORYLINE: Zimbabwe's health ministry is working with experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) to implement a schistosomiasis elimination pilot study in Shamva, a district north of the capital Harare. Under the two-month pilot study which began in June, samples of urine, blood and feces were collected from villagers in Chavakadzi Ward, Shamva District, to determine

ZIMBABWE-CHINA-SCHISTOSOMIASIS ELIMINATION

ZIMBABWE-CHINA-SCHISTOSOMIASIS ELIMINATION

(230725) -- SHAMVA, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A health worker performs tests to check for schistosomiasis parasites at a medical center in Shamva, Zimbabwe, on July 24, 2023. Zimbabwe's health ministry is working with experts from the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD) and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) to implement a schistosomiasis elimination pilot study in Shamva, a district north of the capital Harare. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara)