From October 30 to November 4, 2025, the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) hosted an intensive internal training session on the bCUBE system–a portable, field-adapted device designed for real-time malaria data collection. Fifteen researchers participated in a bCUBE system training as part of phase 2 of the bCUBE project, funded by the Gates…
Yaoundé, 17th September 2025 — The Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) and the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the CANVeCT project in Cameroon. Funded by Unitaid, the Catalyzing the Adoption of a Novel Vector Control Toolbox (CANVeCT) project aims to strengthen the existing WHO recommendation…
This study led by Dr Estelle Mewamba, Post-doctoral researcher, has uncovered important findings about infections affecting children in the Matta health area of Cameroon’s West Region. The research focuses on two types of parasites: schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), and how they relate to children’s growth and nutrition. Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic worms that…