RAFT is a six-year multi-disciplinary global health research programme led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) working with partners in Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Tanzania and Thailand and the UK. The aim of RAFT research is to support evidence-based decision-making in policy and practice to improve the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Vector-borne…
The African Centre for Vector Genomics (AVecGen) is a transformative, 36-month initiative designed to establish Africa’s premier centre of excellence in vector genomics. Anchored at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) in Cameroon, AVecGen will feature cutting-edge genomics and bioinformatics infrastructure, positioning CRID as the continent’s leading regional reference hub for malaria vector…
The goal of this project is to use population genomic methods/tools to evaluate the history and spread of the Anopheles stephensi population in non-endemic countries of Central Africa and Nigeria (where this species was reported in 2020), with intention to establish how Anopheles stephensi has adapted to Nigeria nationwide and/or spread to neighbouring Cameroon or…