µFlow Cell, valorizing the microfluidics research of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), met this week with the local team at Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) in Mwanza, Tanzania, to discuss progress on the VLIRUOS TEAM project ‘SIMPAQ in Tanzania’. SIMPAQ refers to ‘Single Image Parasite Quantification of Parasites’, microfluidic devices developed by the team of Prof. Wim De Malsche to detect and quantify neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis, in support of the mass drug administration programs (MDA) to school children. Next to project meetings, a well-attended lecture by Prof. De Malsche, we also had the opportunity to visit the school of a local fisher community, where we cooperate with PLAN International to provide health, sanitation, and hygiene education (WASH) to the school teachers and children, because prevention is better than cure.