Prof Charles Wondji and Dr Magellan Tchouakui

CANVeCT : Striving for an Evolution of the WHO Conditional Recommendation of Spatial Repellents

Funded by Unitaid to an amount of US$ 18 million and led by Prof Charles Wondji, this project aims to generate robust evidence to support the adoption of spatial repellents as a novel tool to reduce malaria burden in Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a conditional recommendation for using spatial repellents alongside insecticide-treated…

Prof Charles Wondji presenting a spatial repellent during a stakeholder engagement meeting

CRID awarded US$18 million grant for Catalyzing the Adoption of a Novel Vector Control Tool against malaria

Prof Charles Wondji, CRID’s Executive Director and Head of the LSTM Research Unit at CRID, will lead a team of experts to generate robust evidence to support the adoption of spatial repellents as a novel tool to reduce malaria burden in Africa. Malaria prevention relies heavily on insecticide-based interventions, notably insecticide-treated nets. However, efforts to…