Novel strategies and technologies to achieve the transmission control of schistosomiasis in Jiangsu Province

According to the requirements of the Mid- and Long-term Plan for Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis in China and based on the actual situation of schistosomiasis control in Jiangsu Province, this paper demonstrates the new technologies achieved by the scientific innovation and the novel control strategies including integrated control in key regions and control of key populations and surveillance and forecast of key water regions since 2004, with the emphasis on the control and elimination of infected Oncomelania snails. Such strategies and technologies implemented the result in continuous decrease in the endemic situation of schistosomiasis in the province, and the whole province achieved the goal of schistosomiasis transmission control in late 2010.