PhD research: Setting up a surveillance system to monitor drug efficacy and to detect anthelmintic resistance in the national preventive chemotherapy program against soil-transmitted helminths in Ethiopia

Date
October 2019 to September 2023
Countries
Category
Keywords
soil-transmitted helminthiasis
diagnosis
preventive chemotherapy
Ethiopia
anthelmintic resistance
Institutions
Jimma University (Ethiopia)
Research fields
Medicine and Health Sciences

The overall objective of the project is to set up a surveillance system in Ethiopia to monitor drug efficacy and detection of anthelmintic resistance. The specific objectives are to develop and validate (i) an improved egg count and (ii) molecular toolbox, and to (iii) field test both toolboxes in the preventive chemotherapy program of Ethiopia.