COLLABORATION: CRID – Unitaid a fruitful collaboration

Yaoundé, April 18, 2024. The Executive Director of Unitaid Dr Philippe Duneton visited CRID, accompanied by Maxime Paquin (Media and Communication), Eva Nathanson (Administration) and Siafiatou Simpore (Africa delegation focal point of unitaid). Dr Philippe Duneton, came, saw and recognized CRID’s commitment to research and innovation in the fight against infectious diseases. The visitors were…

ACoMVeC TVCAG WAS A SUCCESS!!!

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, African Consortium in Modeling for Effective Vector Control (ACoMVeC) organized a consultative Technical Vector Control Advisory Group (TVCAG) for Cameroon. It was the fourth TVCAG edition organised by CRID. This consultative TVCAG meeting brought together 35 participants from various organisations involved in vector control activities at different levels, including National…

PUBLICATION: Clothianidin-resistant Anopheles gambiae adult mosquitoes from Yaoundé, Cameroon, display reduced susceptibility to SumiShield® 50WG, a neonicotinoid formulation for indoor residual spraying By Caroline Fouet, Fred A. Ashu and al

In this study, we used standard bioassay to evaluate the efficacy of clothianidin (CDC bottle bioassay), and the SumiShield 50WG formulation (WHO tube test) against Anopheles and Culex population within and around Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. We tested mosquitoes from two urban sires (Combattant, Tsinga) at Yaounde, and four sub-urban (Nkolondom, Zemengoue, Nkolnkoumou…