title: Contribution of Mobile Teams to Efforts to Eliminate Schistosomiasis at Schistosoma haematobium in Morocco- Narrative Review Article.
abstract: Since it was first diagnosed in 1914 in Marrakesh, schistosomiasis has been a public health problem in Morocco for decades. A national control program launched in 1982 has led to a considerable reduction in the incidence and morbidity associated with the disease. Consequently, the program has shifted from disease control to an elimination process launched in 1994. This process aimed to eliminate disease transmission by the end of 2004 and has helped to clear all known foci. Mobile teams were a key element that contributed to the success of this program. They played three important roles: monitoring and control, response, and the transmission of messages.
authors.affiliation: 1. Laboratory of Biology & Health, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail , Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barkia
authors.affiliation: 2. Directorate of Epidemiology and Fight against Diseases (DELM), Ministry of Health , Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barkia
authors.affiliation: 3. Laboratory of Agrophysiology and Culture in vitro, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail , Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: Rajae
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yacoubi
authors.affiliation: 1. Laboratory of Biology & Health, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail , Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alemad
authors.affiliation: 1. Laboratory of Biology & Health, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail , Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: Khadija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Kharim
authors.affiliation: 1. Laboratory of Biology & Health, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail , Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: Driss
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Belghyti
keywords: Mobile team; Morocco; National schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis elimination