Congratulations to our second Cohort of the ISID Research Capacity Building Grant 2023! We thank everyone who applied and welcome others to submit an application for the next cohort opening up in the first quarter of 2024.
ISID Research Capacity Building Cohort II Awardees

Mawuli Gohoho
Jasikan Municipal Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Ghana
Project: Optimizing TB Case Notification Through Capacity Building: An Assessment of the Accuracy and Efficiency of the Revised TB Symptom-based Screening Tool roll-out in Jasikan Municipality of Ghana
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Matilda Naawo-Poro Kamara
College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Project: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in a Slum Community in Freetown: An Analysis of Gender Intersectionality in a Human-Environment Interface
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Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy
ESIC Medical College and Hospital, India
Project: Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Tertiary Care Facilities in India: A Multi-Methods Study
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Abdou Fatawou Modiyinji
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Cameroon
Project: Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis Using a Functional Laboratory Network and a New Molecular Assay
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Francis Nongley Nkemngo
Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Cameroon
Project: Molecular Epidemiological Surveillance of Plasmodium Falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein-2 Gene Deletion and Impact on Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance in Chad
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Crister José Ocadaque
Bandim Health Project, Guiné-Bissau
Project: Genetic Mapping and Seasonal of Viral Respiratory Infections in Paediatric Patients Attended at Simão Mendes Hospital in Guinea-Bissau
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Irine Okanda
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Project: Effect of Malaria Vaccine (Rts, S) and Insecticide Treated Nets (Itn) on the Incidence of Malaria Infection Among Children 2-4 Years in Western Kenya
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Hombamane Christelle Simfele
Unité de Recherche en Immunologie et Immunomodulation (UR2IM)/Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Contrôle de Qualité des Denrées Alimentaires (LAMICODA)/Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Biologiques et Alimentaires (ESTBA), Université de Lomé, Togo
Project: Molecular Characterisation of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with Resistance of Ancylostoma Duodenale to Albendazol in Hookworm-Infected Individuals in Togo
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Jeanne Crescence Sondi Dissake
Higher Institute for Scientific and Medical Research, Cameroon
Project: Investigating the Circulation of Human Babesiosis and its Potential Impact on Malaria Misdiagnosis in Three Hospitals in Ngaoundere Health District (Adamawa, Cameroon)
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Cedric Tchinda Fossi
Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies, Cameroon
Project: Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Infections linked to Carbapenemase-
Producing Acinetobacter species circulating in the city of Yaoundé – Cameroon
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