Public health and food production in Africa
What is the Yaounde Initiative Foundation?
June 5, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment
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
June 7, 2018 By Graham Matthews Leave a Comment
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
May 29, 2018 By Hans Dobson Leave a Comment
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
January 14, 2018 By Didier Baleguel Leave a Comment
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
October 10, 2017 By Hans Dobson Leave a Comment
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
June 30, 2017 By Graham Matthews Leave a Comment
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
June 15, 2017 By Hans Dobson Leave a Comment
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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