CONTRAST is a multidisciplinary alliance bringing together key skills and expertise to generate new knowledge on biological, environmental and socio-economic factors relating to schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. The project will complement ongoing chemotherapy campaigns based on the drug praziquantel and deliver more effective strategies for long-term control of this debilitating disease. The project addresses the basic need of endemic countries to improve understanding of schistosomiasis transmission, in order to target, and make best use of limited resources for control.
CONTRAST ni muungano unaoleta pamoja ujuzi na utaalamu ili kuzalisha maarifa mapya juu ya biolojia, mazingira na mambo ya kijamii na kiuchumi yanayohusiana na ugonjwa wa kichocho barani Afrika.Mradi huu utaingiana na kampeni zinazoendelea za kemotherapi ulio na msingi wa dawa ya ‘praziquantel’ na itatoa matokeo yatakayodumu juu ya ugonjwa huu.Mradi huu utajihusisha kujua namna ya kuelewa jinsi kichocho uenea, ili kulenga na kuweza kujua namna nzuri ya kutumia raslimali ili kuuzuia ugonjwa huu.