"I don't consider this research to be separate from intervention," Kanki said.
Kanki will remain at Harvard and work with Nigerian scientists. Money from the grant will help provide training and laboratory facilities for the scientists.
Through the initiative, the scientists will also work with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Nigerian Ministry of Health to educate the public.
"One of the goals that we have is to have the president make a public speech directed at the youths of Nigeria," Kanki said.
Kanki has been directing a similar research and intervention program in Senegal since 1985. Senegal's levels of infection have remained at two percent, far below the 25 percent to 30 percent infection rates of other African nations.
The research team plans to use the work in Senegal as a model for the Nigerian project, Kanki said.
This is the second grant that HSPH has received from the Gates Foundation. The previous grant, of more than $700,000, was used to combat parasitic worms in African countries.
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