The Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme (CNRFP) is one of the most important national research centres working specifically on malaria. It is linked to the Ministry of Health and has more than 25 years experience in malaria research activities. CNRFP was founded to serve as technical support for the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). Its current mandate is i) to participate in the formulation, implementation, supervision, and evaluation of the NMCP activities, ii) to carry out operational and basic research to identify new malaria control tools and to adapt existing ones to the local conditions and iii) to provide training on malaria to health staff and scientists from Burkina Faso and other countries. The centre has developed several collaborations with research institution worldwide and in Burkina. It is involved in training students at the Master and PhD level from Universities of Burkina and West Africa
