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Until recently irrigated vegetables and other crop products during the dry season in many urban zones of Burkina Faso relied mostly on the use of non-treated domestic wastewater, (mainly because of the scarcity of non-polluted water sources), a practice which is known to be as...
Programme: FP5-INCO 2
Record Number: 44886
Last updated on: 2008-08-28
[PROJECT] CLAIMS - Changes in land access, institutions and markets in West Africa
ID: ICA4-CT-2001-10083
Start date: 2002-01-01, End date: 2005-12-31
This project will investigate the changing ways in which different groups gain access to land and other resources in West Africa, and the evolution of institutions through which claims to land are made. Field studies will be undertaken in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, an...
Programme: FP5-INCO 2
Record Number: 60212
Last updated on: 2006-06-13
[PROJECT] INFRAVEC - Research capacity for the implementation of genetic control of mosquitoes
ID: 228421
Start date: 2009-09-01, End date: 2014-02-28
Mosquitoes transmit a variety of infectious diseases that cause a tremendous burden to public health. Due to climate changes and to the increase in international trade and tourism the threats posed by mosquitoes are increasingly affecting large parts of Europe, causing unders...
Programme: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES
Record Number: 91222
Last updated on: 2017-05-25
ID: IC18980353
Start date: 1998-10-01, End date: 2002-03-31
Programme: FP4-INCO
Record Number: 46482
Last updated on: 1999-03-11
[PROJECT] COSMIC - Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health: a cluster-randomized trial
ID: 305662
Start date: 2012-09-01, End date: 2017-05-31
Pregnant women are very susceptible to malaria infection and Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) is a major cause of maternal anaemia and low birth weight (LBW) that leads to infant mortality, poor growth and development. In low transmission areas, malaria can become severe, resulting...
Programme: FP7-HEALTH
Record Number: 105395
Last updated on: 2016-10-31
[PROJECT] FACT - Development of oral fixed-dose Artesumate-based combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria
ID: ICA4-CT-2002-10046
Start date: 2002-07-01, End date: 2006-06-30
This proposal aims at the fast-track pharmaceutical development and clinical validation of two artesunate-based fixed-dose combinations for the treatment of malaria, including the preparation of relevant registration files. The goal is to make these new combination drugs avail...
Programme: FP5-INCO 2
Record Number: 70055
Last updated on: 2006-06-13
[PROJECT] Delayed child mortality and insecticide-impregnated materials: theoretic fantasy or harsh reality ?
ID: IC18970210
Start date: 1997-10-01, End date: 2001-12-31
To investigate the impact of insecticide impregnated curtains (IIC) on child mortality over the period 3 to 5 years following their introduction.
Specific objectives:
a) determining whether, after an initial reduction in child mortality following the introduction of IIC, t...
Programme: FP4-INCO
Record Number: 38250
Last updated on: 2002-04-22
[PROJECT] Mathematical models of the immunological and clinical epidemiology of plasmodium falciparum malaria
ID: IC18970242
Start date: 1997-09-01, End date: 2000-11-30
* Construct mathematical models of the immunological and clinical epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum (P.f.) malaria, and test the model predictions against observations collected independently of this project.
* Use the models for helping to:
a) calculate the expected impa...
Programme: FP4-INCO
Record Number: 40184
Last updated on: 2002-04-22
ID: IC18970244
Start date: 1997-12-01, End date: 2001-05-31
* The development of rDNA-based molecular markers for each of the taxonomic units shown within An. gambiae s.s. and An. funestus s.s.
* The evaluation of the new diagnostic tools on field-collected material typed by polytene chromosome analysis.
* The physical isolation and cl...
Programme: FP4-INCO
Record Number: 38888
Last updated on: 2003-01-21
ID: IC18960131
Start date: 1997-03-01, End date: 2000-02-29
To improve the health status of the general population in rural areas of Burkina Faso and Ghana by improving the quality of the health care system and ensuring equitable access to it through sustainable community-based prepayment and health insurance schemes.
Specific objecti...
Programme: FP4-INCO
Record Number: 35560
Last updated on: 2001-12-07
List retrieved on: 2017-08-04
