author(s)
Iwunze JI, Amaechi AA, Nwoke MC, Oguh EM, Nwanjo SO, Njoku FU and Okeke OI

abstract
To determine the prevalence of Urogenital Schistosomiasis a study was conducted among Primary School Children in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. Three primary school comprising of two hundred (200) pupils that were randomly selected for the study, 107 males and 93 were females. Urine sample was collected and analyzed in the laboratory using urine analysis. The prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium in the area was (16.0%); out of which (24.30%) cases were recorded for males and (17.2%) was recorded for females. The highest prevalent rate of Schistosoma haematobium infection was observed in age bracket 13-15years (28.12%), whereas 7-9 years had the lowest prevalent rate of (8.92%). The result shows that high infection rate was noticed within 10-15 years age group and decreased thereafter. Prevalence in relation to Parental occupation showed that pupils whose parents were farmers 24.64% were more infected than others while the least infected pupils whose parents are civil servant 16.00%. Statistical analysis indicated a significance difference between the schools and ages (P<0.05) and insignificant differences between sex and pupils parent occupation in the study area. The overall result of this study recorded the presence of urinary Schistosomiasis in the study area. It is therefore recommended that Schistosomiasis Control Program in the state should be geared towards creating awareness in the people, treatment of infected host, elimination of snail intermediate host, provision of toilet facilities in schools in order to reduce the infection rate.