THE University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science's Institute of Biology (UPD-CS IB) recently entered into an international research collaboration to fight a parasitic snail-borne tropical disease that affects millions of Filipinos across the country.

The UPD-CS IB has partnered with the Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSI) of China's Changjiang Water Resources Commission (CWRC) on a joint project entitled 'Construction and Demonstration of Water Conservancy Combined with Schistosomiasis Control (WCCSC) in Asean Countries,' with support from the Asian Cooperation Fund.