04.11.2024

EDCTP visit to Cameroon

Mr Abdoulie Barry, acting Executive Director, and Dr Pauline Beattie, Operations Manager and Scientific Adviser, EDCTP Association visited the ESRIFAL project in Cameroon from 21-22 October 2024. ESRIFAL is a Senior Fellowship-Plus project led by Professor Samuel Wanji, University of Buea (Senior Fellow), working with Dr Hamit Mahamat Mahamat Alio of the University of N’Djaména, Chad (Trainee Fellow). The project involves a clinical trial to explore the efficacy of rifampicin and albendazole in treating Onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with Loiasis, and supports PhD and Masters students in Cameroon and Chad. More information about the project is available from EDCTP’s recent interview with Professor Wanji.  

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