Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi honors a Chinese medical worker. [Photo/WeChat account: news-wuxixinwen]

Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi awarded four medical workers from Wuxi in Jiangsu province medals of honor on Aug 26 for their outstanding contributions to the treatment and control of schistosomiasis.

The four Wuxi medical workers come from the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases.

Medical workers from China pose for a photo with Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi and other officials. [Photo/WeChat account: news-wuxixinwen]

Mwinyi praised Chinese medical teams and experts in treating and controlling schistosomiasis for their diligent work and selfless devotion at the award ceremony.

He noted that they treated local patients with advanced techniques and took the initiative to train local medical students and workers.

In August 2023, Huang Yuzheng, deputy director of the Global Health Center of the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases from Wuxi, led a team to Zanzibar intending to achieve full coverage of schistosomiasis control in the African country.

Chinese medical workers embark on a field investigation in Zanzibar. [Photo/WeChat account: news-wuxixinwen]

They intend to designate 10 community hospitals as observation sites to establish a grassroots control network for schistosomiasis. This initiative aims to assist the local government in developing a new operational framework for the disease's control and treatment.

They have established the China (Jiangsu) Zanzibar Institute of Tropical Disease Control Cooperation Center, grassroots observation sites for schistosomiasis, and a health education and popular science base in Zanzibar and launched a project for safe water supply.