What is the Yaounde Initiative Foundation?
The Yaounde Initiative Foundation is a “not-for-profit” organisation registered in the United Kingdom and Cameroon. It aims to overcome key practical constraints on socio-economic development in rural communities.The Foundation’s goal is to … [Read More...]
YIF is assessing a cold fogger for adult mosquito control
There is a new addition to the YIF toolbox for vector control - a vehicle mounted cold fogger has been imported from the UK for trials to determine whether a routine space treatment can drastically reduce a mosquito population and thus protect people … [Read More...]
New publication in Parasites and Vectors
Using data from the Cameroon blackfly control and monitoring work, along with other field data, a model has been developed by Maria-Gloria Basañez and colleagues at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. The work was published by … [Read More...]
YIF assists with disposal of obsolete pesticides
Around 50 tonnes of obsolete pesticides have finally been removed from Edea by an international hazardous waste company and shipped to Europe for high temperature incineration in specialist facilities - the only environmentally acceptable method of … [Read More...]
New River Blindness publication
YIF has published a new paper entitled "River blindness – A neglected disease transmitted by blackflies (Simulium spp.)" by Jane Che et al. It is available at https://bit.ly/2JUhcGf. YIF continues to provide support to the Cameroon government on … [Read More...]
New publication on the impact of distributing insecticide treated mosquito nets
YIF assessed the impact of distributing 5,000 insecticide treated bed nets (PermaNets) and has published the results in Outlooks on Pest Management - see the publication at: https://bit.ly/2sUoobQ. The distribution of the nets had a substantial … [Read More...]
Graham Matthews technical support
Professor Graham Matthews visited Cameroon in 2017 on behalf of ACTIS to develop an update on what was being done to alleviate the biting of blackflies - a major constraint to productivity. The photo is of the outflow from the Songloulou Dam, showing … [Read More...]
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