Emily Wainright highlights importance of low-cost diagnostics for NTDs, especially for SCH in setting future intervention targets & measuring progress, see ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19171… for older context COUNTDOWNonNTDS Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs Global Schistosomiasis Alliance

An update from the CERMEL team: In Gabon, the freeBILy study will assess the accuracy of CAA measurement as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium infections in pregnant women