ROLE, RELATIONS WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND OTHER PROGRAMMES

CREC a technical unit within the Ministry of Health Public Health Research Institute. It has responsibility for assisting the National Malaria Control Programme in the design and implementation of programmes and for evaluation of entomological impact.

Research Programme

Research activities at CREC are conducted in collaboration with local and international institutions. Current projects are mainly on malaria, with particular focus entomological and epidemiological research. CREC is accountable to an Independent Review Board within the MoH which reviews the ethics of all research projects.

Links and collaborations with research institutions and Universities from

• West Africa (The Malaria and Research Training Center (MRTC), Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la sante (IRSS), Institut national de recherche en sante publique (INSP), Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme (CNRFP))
• Central Africa (Organisation pour la lutte Contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC)
• Northern Institutions (University of Paris XI, University of Roma, LIN, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM))

Strong partnership with

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), TDR/World Health Organization (WHO) and Roll Back Malaria (RBM)/WHO.