{"id": 1271881, "name": "Population requiring preventive chemotherapy annually", "unit": "people", "createdAt": "2026-06-25T15:07:11.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-06-25T18:02:41.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2010-2024", "datasetId": 8018, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "population_requiring_pc_for_sch_annually", "catalogPath": "grapher/neglected_tropical_diseases/2026-06-25/schistosomiasis/schistosomiasis#population_requiring_pc_for_sch_annually", "descriptionShort": "Population requiring [preventive chemotherapy](#dod:preventive-chemotherapy) for schistosomiasis.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "10285329090643614908", "metadataChecksum": "4644174574991431239", "datasetName": "Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) Data Portal - Schistosomiasis", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-06-25", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "people", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Global Health", "Neglected Tropical Diseases"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Schistosomiasis is a painful and debilitating disease caused by parasitic worms of the species Schistosoma. It is transmitted by coming into contact with contaminated water, such as bathing or swimming in it or drinking it. It causes a variety of symptoms, from abdominal pain and bloody stool or urine to liver damage, kidney failure and cancer.", "Schistosomiasis is most common in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, especially in poor communities without access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. It is classified as a [neglected tropical disease (NTD)](#dod:neglected-tropical-diseases) by the World Health Organization (WHO).", "The WHO recommends [preventive chemotherapy](#dod:preventive-chemotherapy) for schistosomiasis, which means administrating safe and effective drugs to at-risk populations, regardless of whether individuals are infected or not. The WHO recommends that all school-age children and at-risk adults in endemic areas receive preventive chemotherapy.", "This data shows the number of people who require preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis. Not everyone who requires preventive chemotherapy is receiving it \u2014 we show the percentage of the at-risk population who are receiving preventive chemotherapy in our chart on [treatment coverage](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/schistosomiasis-treatment-coverage)."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 273, "name": "Africa", "code": "OWID_AFR"}, {"id": 19, "name": "Angola", "code": "AGO"}, {"id": 275, "name": "Asia", "code": "OWID_ASI"}, {"id": 32, "name": "Benin", "code": "BEN"}, {"id": 36, "name": "Botswana", "code": "BWA"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Brazil", "code": "BRA"}, {"id": 40, "name": "Burkina Faso", "code": "BFA"}, {"id": 41, "name": "Burundi", "code": "BDI"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Cambodia", "code": "KHM"}, {"id": 43, "name": "Cameroon", "code": "CMR"}, {"id": 174, "name": "Central African Republic", "code": "CAF"}, {"id": 173, "name": "Chad", "code": "TCD"}, {"id": 171, "name": "China", "code": "CHN"}, {"id": 168, "name": "Congo", "code": "COG"}, {"id": 143, "name": "Cote d'Ivoire", "code": "CIV"}, {"id": 167, "name": "Democratic Republic of Congo", "code": "COD"}, {"id": 65, "name": "Egypt", "code": "EGY"}, {"id": 159, "name": "Equatorial Guinea", "code": "GNQ"}, {"id": 157, "name": "Eritrea", "code": "ERI"}, {"id": 78, "name": "Eswatini", "code": "SWZ"}, {"id": 158, "name": "Ethiopia", "code": "ETH"}, {"id": 153, "name": "Gabon", "code": "GAB"}, {"id": 151, "name": "Gambia", "code": "GMB"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Ghana", "code": "GHA"}, {"id": 147, "name": "Guinea", "code": "GIN"}, {"id": 94, "name": "Guinea-Bissau", "code": "GNB"}, {"id": 136, "name": "Indonesia", "code": "IDN"}, {"id": 129, "name": "Kenya", "code": "KEN"}, {"id": 125, "name": "Laos", "code": "LAO"}, {"id": 121, "name": "Liberia", "code": "LBR"}, {"id": 118, "name": "Madagascar", "code": "MDG"}, {"id": 117, "name": "Malawi", "code": "MWI"}, {"id": 115, "name": "Mali", "code": "MLI"}, {"id": 114, "name": "Mauritania", "code": "MRT"}, {"id": 109, "name": "Mozambique", "code": "MOZ"}, {"id": 108, "name": "Namibia", "code": "NAM"}, {"id": 104, "name": "Niger", "code": "NER"}, {"id": 103, "name": "Nigeria", "code": "NGA"}, {"id": 96, "name": "Philippines", "code": "PHL"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Rwanda", "code": "RWA"}, {"id": 232, "name": "Sao Tome and Principe", "code": "STP"}, {"id": 89, "name": "Senegal", "code": "SEN"}, {"id": 87, "name": "Sierra Leone", "code": "SLE"}, {"id": 82, "name": "Somalia", "code": "SOM"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 295, "name": "South America", "code": "OWID_SAM"}, {"id": 258, "name": "South Sudan", "code": "SSD"}, {"id": 79, "name": "Sudan", "code": "SDN"}, {"id": 64, "name": "Tanzania", "code": "TZA"}, {"id": 74, "name": "Togo", "code": "TGO"}, {"id": 68, "name": "Uganda", "code": "UGA"}, {"id": 238, "name": "Venezuela", "code": "VEN"}, {"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}, {"id": 61, "name": "Yemen", "code": "YEM"}, {"id": 60, "name": "Zambia", "code": "ZMB"}, {"id": 80, "name": "Zimbabwe", "code": "ZWE"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 15562, "titleSnapshot": "PCT Databank - Schistosomiasis", "title": "Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) Data Portal - Schistosomiasis", "descriptionSnapshot": "Schistosomiasis situational analyses, core implementation data and trend data are provided through direct access to the interactive reports.", "description": "Progress towards achieving the Roadmap targets for control and elimination of the Neglected Tropical Diseases.", "producer": "World Health Organization", "citationFull": "Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, PCT Databank - Schistosomiasis, World Health Organization (2025), https://www.who.int/teams/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases/data-platforms/pct-databank/schistosomiasis, accessed 25 June 2026.", "attributionShort": "WHO", "urlMain": "https://www.who.int/teams/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases/data-platforms/pct-databank/schistosomiasis", "urlDownload": "https://apps.who.int/neglected_diseases/ntddata/data/SCH_data.xlsx?ua=1", "dateAccessed": "2026-06-25", "datePublished": "2025-10-03", "license": {"url": "https://www.who.int/about/policies/publishing/copyright", "name": "CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO"}}]}