MWANZA: THE National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), in collaboration with other health-sector partners, has launched a new schistosomiasis (bilharzia) medicine for young children under the STEPPs project. Speaking at the launch recently in Mwanza City, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Mr Seif Shekhalage said that although medicines for the disease have existed … The post NIMR rolls out child-friendly bilharzia treatment first appeared on Daily News . The post NIMR rolls out child-friendly bilharzia treatment appeared first on Daily News .