Schistosomiasis in The People's Republic of China: from Control to Elimination

Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou is Director of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, P.R.China. He graduated with a PhD in Biology from Copenhagen University, Denmark. His professional works are across the fields of ecology, population biology, epidemiology, and malacology. Professor Zhou is the Chair of the National Expert Advisory Committee on schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases for China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission. He has written extensively on parasitology and parasitic diseases, with more than 100 peer review publications in international journals, such as N Engl J Med, Lancet, Emerg Inf Dis, Inter J Parasitol, Adv Parasitol, PLoS NTDs, Parasites and Vectors, etc. He has collaborated with WHO/TDR and WHO, including serving as members for WHO STAC on NTDs, WHO/TDR STAC, WHO Foodborne Burden Epidemiology Reference Group. He had contributed, as former President, to the Regional Network on Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Important Zoonoses since 2000. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Infectious Diseases of Poverty (BioMed Central as publisher), and Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control (Chinese national journal).

• 1. Evolution of the National Schistosomiasis Control Programmes in the People’s Republic of China2. Epidemiological Features and Effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Control Programme in Lake and Marshland Region in China3. Epidemiological Features and Effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Control Programme in Mountainous and Hilly Region of China4. Epidemiological Features and Control Progress of Schistosomiasis in Waterway-Network Region in P. R. China5. The Establishment and Function of Schistosomiasis Surveillance System towards Elimination in People’s Republic of China6. Applications of Spatial Technology in Schistosomiasis Control Programme in China7. Reaching the Surveillance-Response Stage of Schistosomiasis Control in the People’s Republic of China: A Modelling Approach8. Biology and Control of Snail Intermediate Host of Schistosoma japonicum in P. R. China9. Integrated Control Strategy of Schistosomiasis in China: Projects Involving Agriculture, Water-Conservancy, Forestry, Sanitation and Environmental Modification10. Towards the Elimination of Schistosomiasis Japonica through Control of the Disease in Domestic Animals in China: A Tale of Over 60 Years11. Health Education as an Important Component in the National Schistosomiasis Control Programme in the People’s Republic of China12. Policy Support and Resources Mobilization for the National Schistosomiasis Control Programme in the People’s Republic of China13. New Anti-Schistosoma Approaches in the People's Republic of China: Development of Diagnostics, Vaccines and Other New Techniques Belonging to the 'Omics' Group14. Development and Application of Diagnostics in the National Schistosomiasis Control Programme in the People’s Republic of China15. China-Africa and China-Asia Collaboration on Schistosomiasis Control: A SWOT Analysis