Our history

We delivered 61.5 million treatments in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and have been recommended as a top charity by GiveWell for the 10th consecutive year.

By December 2018, the SCI had facilitated the delivery of its 200 millionth treatment against parasitic worm infections.

By 2007, the SCI had facilitated the delivery of approximately 40 million treatments of praziquantel against schistosomiasis, and many more deworming doses of albendazole.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme granted a £20 million award to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) at Imperial College London, under the leadership of Professor Alan Fenwick. The grant allowed the SCI to provide a proof-of-concept for national-scale schistosomiasis programmes. It assisted the Ministries of Health and Education to deliver treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in 6 countries, targeting school-age children and adults at high risk of infection.