TED Fellow and global health researcher Francisca Mutapi discusses how COVID-19 responses borrowed from the West created significant obstacles for other public health programs in Africa and makes the case for the continent to chart out its own health care policies. "The solutions to Africa's health problems must be home-grown and must be led by Africans," she says.

All publications from the Parasite Immuno-epidemiology Group (P.I.G) on the University of Edinburgh Research Explorer.

Details of our research to advance understanding schistosomiasis; the parasites, the hosts, the infection and the disease.

People in our research groups in Edinburgh and Zimbabwe and our collaborators.

Opportunities for those interested in areas of helminth immunology to join the group.

Information about our engagement with schools and communities.

Information about our engagement with schools and communities.