Strengthening research capacity--TDR's evolving experience in low- and middle-income countries

  Introduction In the 1970s, very few international programmes provided support to strengthen tropical disease research capacity and most research for the diseases prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) was done by scientists and institutions in advanced industrialised countries. [......

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2015-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e3380-e3380
Main Authors: Ogundahunsi, Olumide A T, Vahedi, Mahnaz, Kamau, Edward M, Aslanyan, Garry, Terry, Robert F, Zicker, Fabio, Launois, Pascal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical research
Collaboration
Competition
Developing countries
Disease control
Entrepreneurs
Health aspects
Historical Profiles and s
International organizations
LDCs
Low income groups
Management
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Public health
Science Policy
Scientists
Social aspects
Social sciences
Training
Tropical diseases
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:  Introduction In the 1970s, very few international programmes provided support to strengthen tropical disease research capacity and most research for the diseases prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) was done by scientists and institutions in advanced industrialised countries. [...]at different times in TDR's history there have been competitive grants exclusively targeting low-income countries to help them increase their capacities.
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003380