PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

To conduct implementation research for preventive chemotherapy NTDs targeted for control and/elimination by the Ministry of Health and other ministries as well as malaria.

Functions

  1. Identifying barriers and facilitators in accessing populations targeted for preventive chemotherapy and malaria control (LLN use and coverage, IPT)and come up with improved scalable strategies for reaching/accessing such population.
  2. Conducting knowledge, attitudes and practices of communities regarding parasitic diseases.
  3. Sharing best practices parasitic disease control and elimination strategies.
  4. Capacity building for the Ministry of Health and other collaborating ministry officers in the counties in the implementation of the school-based deworming programme.