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£1m to boost resilience and unity of poor communities in Brazil & Colombia
A project to strengthen the resilience of disadvantaged, disenfranchised, and at-risk neighbourhoods in Brazil and Colombia — led by the University of Warwick, UK — has received around a million pounds from UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Collective Fund.
How sand fly mating habits are helping tackle tropical disease in £2.5M project
The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite that causes the disease.
There are now plans to commercialise the research which involves using male pheromones to attract female sand flies towards insecticide-treated areas.