[Challenges and countermeasures of schistosomiasis elimination in Jiangxi Province].

Jiangxi Province was once one of schistosomiasis heavy endemic provinces in China. Thanks for more than 60 years' unremitting effort, great achievements have been obtained in schistosomiasis control in this province. This paper reviews the control history of schistosomiasis, and demonstrates the current epidemic situation of the disease in Jiangxi Province, and its contribution to national schistosomiasis control achievements. The difficulties and challenges of schistosomiasis elimination in this province are analyzed and the countermeasures are also put forward accordingly.