NIH-funded complex health interventions
To strengthen the translation of rigorous evidence into scalable, community-based interventions for hypertension screening and cardiovascular disease prevention across low- and middle-income countries, with Nigeria as its flagship setting.
A future in which every community in Africa, however remote, has reliable, culturally grounded access to blood pressure screening and cardiovascular risk reduction, integrated seamlessly into everyday community life.
CSI operates through congregation- and community-based partnerships, embedding trained lay health workers within trusted local institutions — places of worship, markets, and community associations — and pairing them with digital screening tools to reach populations that conventional clinic-based care misses. The center works across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones in collaboration with community leaders, health ministries, and international funding partners.
CSI leads the design, testing, and scale-up of complex, NIH-funded health interventions, integrating implementation science methods into multi-site clinical and community research.
In practice, this means meeting people where they already gather rather than waiting for them to seek care. Findings from each screening cycle feed directly back into how community health workers are trained and deployed.
Congregation- and community-based blood pressure screening implemented across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, using culturally adapted protocols delivered by trained lay health workers.
Whether you are a researcher, funder, or policy partner, CSI welcomes collaboration that turns evidence into practice across Africa and beyond.