Egypt has made strong progress against its two endemic species of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium. The former is prevalent in the Nile Delta with the latter dominating in the Nile south of Cairo. ...Many of them 67 did not utilize the health centre at all compared to 26 of the people in the low prevalence village. Interestingly, private clinics were seen as the primary source of health care by both villages, but more frequently so in the high prevalence village used by 87.2 of the inhabitants compared to the low prevalence one 59.8 . ...