Archive for October 2015
Launch of the COUNTDOWN Project on NTDs in Cameroon
COUNTDOWN is a multidisciplinary research programme made of researchers, policy makers, practitioners and Implementation Research specialists from the UK, USA and Africa, who have come together with the ultimate goal of generating knowledge and sustainable solutions necessary in controlling and eliminating 5 of the 17 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) listed by the World Health Organisation.…
Read MoreSigning of the China-Africa Institution-based Cooperation for the Elimination of Schistosomiasis
On the 5th October 2015, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in establishment of institution-based network on China-Africa Cooperation for Schistosomiasis elimination, was signed between China and African institutions, in Cape Town, South Africa. The institutions in this cooperation consist of: The National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Prof.…
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