01414nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260001500042653002800057653002000085100001700105700001500122700001700137700001400154245006800168300001200236520092900248022002501177020001801202       2020                            d  bIGI Global10aCommunity participation10aschistosomiasis1 aIbn Tofail A1 aKarmaoui A1 aIbn Tofail J1 aAkchbab J00aThe Role of Community Participation in Fighting Schistosomiasis  a123-1353 a<jats:p>In 2009, the Moroccan Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization confirmed that the transmission of schistosomiasis had ceased in all previously endemic provinces of Morocco. This achievement couldn't have been achieved without the effective participation and engagement of local communities. In this chapter, studies of community participation strategies for schistosomiasis control in Akka oasis were reviewed. Southern Morocco was known to be a foci site for urinary schistosomiasis since 1937. Combined efforts between health officials and local community participation have achieved the elimination of this neglected tropical disease, where the last cases in these foci were recorded in the early 2000s. The results of this chapter can be used to increase awareness of the need for community participation in controlling neglected tropical diseases such as schistosomiasis. </jats:p>  a2326-9162, 2326-9170  a9781799821977