The Geshiyaro Project: identifying optimal strategies for eliminating schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Ethiopia

The Geshiyaro Project is a large-scale research programme, launched in January 2018, that will assess strategies to eliminate soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and schistosome (SCH) infections. It is a five-year project, funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), with ambitious goals including implementation of improved Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) and community-wide mass drug administration (MDA) monitored through a population census using fingerprint technology to biometrically identify study participants.