Tasks

• Locate opportunities for funding.
• Disseminate information about ongoing research and training.
• Develop standardized surveillance protocols.
• Evaluate current control strategies.
• Share plans for new studies.

Co-chairpersons

• Dr. Feng Zheng, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, CAPM, Shanghai, P.R. China
• Dr. Remigio Olveda, Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

P.R. China

• Dr. Yuan Hongchang (National Schistosomosis Control Board, epidemiology)
• Dr. Guo Jiagang (National Office for Schistosomosis Control & Surveillance)
• Dr. Shi Fuhui(animal schistosomosis, Agriculture Ministry Linkage, animal vaccines)
• Dr. Shi Youen (lake region contact, animal vaccines)
• Dr. Qiu Dongchuan (montain regon contact, serogical testing)
• Dr. Zhou Xiaonong (funding agencies contact, GIS)
• Mr. Yu Dongbao (China-Philippines linkage, economics)

Philippines

• Dr. Gemiliano Aligui (medical parasitology, epidemiology)
• Dr. Lydia Leonardo (public health)
• Dr. Tomas Fernandez (veterinary parasitology)

International Advisors

• Dr. A. Lee Willingham, Denmark (veterinary parasitology)
• Dr. Stephen T. McGarvey, U.S.A. (human morbidity)
• Dr. Adrian Sleigh, Australia (epidemiology)
• Dr. Sake de Vlas, Netherlands (modelling)
• Dr. Marcel Tanner, Switzerland (human parasitology)
• Dr. Robert Bergquist, WHO/TDR
• Dr. Lorenzo Savioli, Schistosomosis & Intestinal Diseases, WHO/CTD
• Dr. Francois Meslin, Zoonoses Unit, WHOEMC
• Dr. Yu Senhai,WHO/PHE
• Dr. Jorgen Hansen, Helminthology Unit, Division of Animal Health & Production, FAO