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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

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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.

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We celebrated our 20th birthday

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The SCI became a founding partner of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases which promoted the integration of control or elimination programmes against seven NTDs.

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The SCI expanded its reach after the award of the management of ICOSA (Integrated Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminths in sub-Saharan Africa) – a programme funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID).

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The SCI reached an annual delivery of over 50 million treatments against parasitic worm infections.

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

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

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