Centre for Research Into Public Health & Diseases

Infectious and Tropical Disease Research.

One step ahead in the fight against Infectious and Tropical Diseases

CRPHD testing and Laboratory Center.

To reduce excess morbidity and mortality among children and adolescents by improving health outcomes consistent with national and international standards

Policy Engagement & Communications

PEC’s emphasis until now has been on the Communications portfolio, providing support to research programs and..

VISIBILITY

The Center pursues innovative ways to collaborate and lead the way as a thought leader in the Research and Development ecosystem. We tell the compelling stories behind our research to transform lives in Africa and amplify evidence-based decision-making.

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SYNERGY

The Center has developed ways to engage audiences from researchers to policy actors to decision-makers in an effort to encourage knowledge sharing and transfer. We support the translation of evidence into usable formats for non-academic audiences.

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ADVOCACY

The Advocacy Unit promotes evidence-based decision-making, empowers key stakeholders within the African policy landscape, and forges partnerships with key players to drive policy action. Sustainable policy impact entails transformative change in systems, investments, programs, and behavior.

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About Company

20+ Years of Leadership, Innovation & Research Excellence.

The center’s vision is to promote evidence-based research to help find solutions to local and regional health problems with a global scope. The center also intends to improve teaching activities by providing an internship framework for students as well as research space and structured mentoring for graduate students (master’s and doctoral projects).

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Lines of research

The center seeks to improve the health status of communities through sustainable and comprehensive research, service, and educational initiatives related to infectious and tropical diseases.

Tropical Disease Research

CRPHD has a long history of supporting research on tropical diseases. The cornerstone of our current work is Chagas disease, including studies on life cycles, antennal phenotype, geometric morphometrics, and molecular analysis of triatomine species genetic diversity.

Bacterial Pathogenesis Initiative

The Bacterial Pathogenesis Initiative's mission is to foster research in its field, promoting collaboration within Ohio University as well as with colleagues in other institutions and/or organizations.

Reproductive and Sexual Health Initiative

The Reproductive and Sexual Health Initiative looks forward to advancing the field by fostering interdisciplinary research, community outreach, education, and scholarly activities in collaboration with institutions and community-based organizations.

20+ Years of Leadership, Innovation & Research Excellence.

For the last two decades, the Center has been at the forefront of groundbreaking research, tackling Sub-Saharan Africa’s most pressing development issues: health, education, population, aging, urbanization, and well-being. Our Vision is to transform lives in Africa through research by Generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African R&D ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development.