Dr Susana Vaz Nery’s research seeks to minimise diseases that are transmitted through contaminated soil. She recently won funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue he
Reducing soil-transmitted helminth (STH) disease burden in resource limited environments: an investigation into the impact of the ‘BALatrine’ on improving the health and sanitation of local communities in Indonesia.
The CISA Project aims to create a health research centre in Caxito, Northern Angola, and is the result of an agreement between the Portuguese and Angolan Governments, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.