Liberian Researcher Shines Spotlight On Female Genital Schistosomiasis, a Silent Epidemic Affecting Millions of Women

Monrovia, Liberia — Despite affecting an estimated 56 million women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa, Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) remains one of the continent’s least recognized and most underreported gynecological conditions. Now, a Liberian scholar is leading the charge to change that.

Ayesha E.R. Bell-Gam Woto, a PhD candidate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, is conducting groundbreaking research into the prevalence and impact of FGS in Liberia — a country where the…