MSCI provides management and technical assistance, arranges for training in the U.S. for Egyptian researchers and procures research equipment and supplies. Egyptian and American scientists currently are working collaboratively under 90 project research grants. The GOE Theodore Bilharz Research Institute and Lowell University have established an internationally-acclaimed laboratory facility to provide grantees with the biological materials needed for their research. MOHP and CDC have established a National Reference and Diagnostic Laboratory to improve imuno-diagnostic methods for the detection and treatment of schistosomiasis. World-class scientists participate in the project's annual technical seminars.
Research is underway to develop candidate vaccine agents and effective new diagnostic tests.
Primarily as a result of capacity developed under the project, Egypt has been selected as a field test site for candidate schistosomiasis vaccines selected by the World Health Organization.