About the consortia

The over-arching aim of this network is to improve the health of people living in some of the poorest countries in the world that carry a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by a single-celled parasite whilst schistosomiasis is caused by a parasitic worm. They are two of the most important of the neglected tropical diseases. Both diseases are targeted for elimination by the World Health Organisation, but the current control strategies are inhibited by failure to target and treat some of the people that maintain the reservoir of infection. The network seeks to apply the latest advances in scientific research to identify these people and understand their response to infection, and in the process train the next generation of African scientists in these advances.

Project Sites: Institute nationale des Rescherche Biomedicale, Human African Trypanosomiasis National Control Program(PNLTHA), Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Universite Jean Lorougnon Guede, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe,  Rhodes University, University of Liverpool and the  University of Glasgow