Nigeria has the largest burden of schistosomiasis in the world with an estimated 29 million people affected by the disease and over 100 million people (especially women and children) still at risk of infection. Though there have been several efforts by government institutions and civil society organizations in the country to treat, control, and prevent the disease, these have not yet resulted in a marked decrease in the disease’s prevalence. Also, the interventions have been more focused in the northern and south-eastern regions of Nigeria, leaving the south-western region seemingly largely marginalized from such interventions. It is therefore of little surprise and of great concern that the south-western region has been confirmed to be a hyper-endemic zone for schistosomiasis and is the region with the highest prevalence of the disease in the country.
