To generate world-class scientific evidence and translate it into action that eliminates schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases across sub-Saharan Africa — while training the next generation of African scientists to lead this fight.
Everything we do — from field surveillance and laboratory science to policy support and community engagement — is measured against a single question: does it move us closer to elimination?
Rigorous science, produced on African soil, published to international standards.
Research translated into national programmes that reach real communities.
African scientists trained to carry the mission forward for decades to come.
Four priorities shape our next five years — aligned with the WHO NTD Roadmap 2021–2030 and calibrated to the realities of sub-Saharan Africa.
Scale precision mapping and mass drug administration to reduce schistosomiasis prevalence below WHO elimination thresholds in endemic Cameroonian districts.
Deploy next-generation diagnostics and geospatial platforms to detect emerging transmission hotspots, drug resistance, and parasite hybridisation earlier.
Train a new generation of African parasitologists, epidemiologists and public-health scientists through structured MSc, PhD and post-doctoral programmes.
Advance functional genomics, ethnopharmacology and integrated One-Health approaches to open new avenues for control, treatment and prevention.
Our work only matters if it reaches the people and institutions that carry it forward. Four groups sit at the centre of everything we do.
Rural populations in schistosomiasis and STH-endemic districts — school-age children, women, and farming households living along the rivers, lakes and irrigation systems where transmission occurs.
Cameroon's Ministries of Public Health, Basic and Secondary Education — and their sub-Saharan counterparts — who rely on our evidence to design, target and evaluate national control programmes.
WHO, funders, and international research consortia advancing the NTD Roadmap 2021–2030 — from Wellcome Trust and LSTM to COUNTDOWN and China–Africa CDC collaborations.
African MSc, PhD and post-doctoral researchers who train at CSP and return to strengthen parasitology, epidemiology and public health capacity across the continent.
Our field operations span every major schistosomiasis transmission zone in Cameroon, from the Barombi crater lakes in the South-West to the Sahelian corridors of the Far North — with active research collaborations across four continents.
Our mission plugs into three levels of the international health agenda — global strategy, national programmes, and international research consortia — each with a clear operational role for CSP.
WHO's flagship strategy for ending the neglect of tropical diseases. Schistosomiasis is prioritised for elimination as a public health problem.
PNLSHI — the national control programme run by the Ministry of Public Health with a multi-ministerial MOU across health and education.
Long-standing memberships in the international consortia driving schistosomiasis science — where African evidence meets global research capacity.
Every activity we run is designed to move along a single chain — from the resources we mobilise to the elimination we aim for.
What we mobilise
What we do
What we produce
What changes
Long-term change
Three programmes that show how our mission translates on the ground — from national mapping campaigns to hybrid parasite surveillance — each running today, with measurable outputs.
Cameroon-led research investigating hybrid schistosome species circulating in Cameroonian river basins, in partnership with French and UK institutions.
Support to Cameroon's national mass drug administration programme — anchored in the MOU between MINSANTE and MINEDUB, delivered through school health teams.
Baseline mapping of schistosomiasis and STH distribution across Cameroon at 1 km² resolution, combining field surveys, snail tracking and satellite imagery.
Elimination is not a solo effort. Whether you fund science, shape policy, or lead an institution — there is a place for you inside this mission.
Fund field campaigns, laboratory work and student fellowships — every contribution moves us closer to elimination.
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