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Table 3 Integrated snail control interventions implemented in Yangzhou City during the 10-year period from 2005 through 2014

From: A multidisciplinary, integrated approach for the elimination of schistosomiasis: a longitudinal study in a historically hyper-endemic region in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China from 2005 to 2014

Year

Hardening river banks with concrete (km)

Number of sluices built

Digging ditches (km)

Number of fish ponds built

Land improvement (hm2)

Building trees (hm2)

2005

1.16

5

4.77

0

393.53

302.02

2006

2.4

0

46.17

0

1 167.25

1 382.02

2007

13.86

39

7.79

21

593.63

310.16

2008

13.12

17

64.47

12

1 787.56

221.24

2009

40.07

4

16.73

14

2 374.52

180.09

2010

14.6

1

7.38

24

1 007.17

526.93

2011

7.25

0

0

40

26.68

286.81

2012

17.49

0

0

36

0

136.74

2013

79.81

0

35.2

38

1 354.01

73.37

2014

15.49

2

0

36

0

26.68

Total

205.25

68

182.51

221

8 704.35

3 446.06