Partners
The SCI's major funding partner is the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
and the major operational partners are the
Department of
Infectious Disease Epidemiology,
Imperial College London; the
Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies, Boston; and the
World Health Organisation, both in Geneva and
the African Regional Office. The SCI will be a new and important partnership
contributing to the World Health Organisation’s work in schistosomiasis research
and control activities.
The SCI also works closely with a number of other
organisations:
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The World Food Programme -
by assisting the WFP to deliver deworming pills together with the food they
provide through the School Feeding programme.
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International Dispensary
Association (IDA), Holland, to provide high quality reasonably priced
drugs to certain countries.
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The Danish Bilharzia
Laboratory (DBL) Denmark, which has an excellent track record of research
and training in Africa. In particular DBL will assist SCI to reach the goal of
treating millions of people in Uganda by training health personnel in 20 or
more districts. SCI expects that DBL will participate in other selected
countries during the expansion phase.
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The Carter Center, Atlanta, is
currently assisting Nigerian health authorities in annual mass drug
administration (MDA) and health education efforts in 9 states. The activities
include distributing ivermectin for onchocerciasis in all 9 states,
distributing praziquantel to treat urinary schistosomiasis in three states,
and distributing ivermectin and albendazole combination therapy for lymphatic
filariasis in two states. Neither The Carter Center nor Nigeria receives SCI
support. However, SCI expects that the experience gained in Nigeria by The
Carter Center can be put to great use for future schistosomiasis control
integrated with other MDA efforts.
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The
Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, (CDC) which will
assist SCI by providing an independent monitoring service for measuring the
SCI achievements.
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The
Partnership for Child Development (PCD),
based in the same Department at Imperial College London
(DIDE), PCD and SCI have overlapping mission
statements, and will collaborate and share resources in several countries.
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African public and private organizations, and government
ministries in several possible implementing countries such as
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Níger, Nigeria, Malawi, Mali, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
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NIH,
The Wellcome Trust,
DFID, and
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are all
donors which may contribute directly or indirectly to the initiative against
schistosomiasis by supporting research or control operations.
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The World Bank which
through its FRESH initiative (Focussing Resources Effectively for School
Health) and loans to developing countries is pushing forward the school health
programmes in many countries.
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The London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with the
Department of Infectious and Tropical
Diseases. In particular Dr. Simon Brooker will assist SCI in the
development of surveillance maps, and use of GIS technology as required in the
SCI participating countries.
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The Earth Institute, Rwanda
branch, which is the main implementer of the NTD Control Programme in
Rwanda.
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CBM, Burundi branch, which is the main
partner of the Ministry of Public Health for the implementation of the NTD
Control Programme in Burundi.
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