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Examples given in the report include the disease bilharzia, which causes long-term health issues for more than 200m people worldwide, especially in Africa.

“What isn't wrong with her? Malaria, bilharzia, malnutrition,” said Mother.

The woman approached the child’s grandmother for permission to bring the child to a clinic, which diagnosed and began treating the child for bilharzia.

Won’t I get bilharzia, a locally common disease caused by freshwater parasites?

Virtually no-one learns to swim, and those that do face the dangers of the lake, which is riddled with parasitic worms which can lead to the deadly disease bilharzia.