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Posted by TDR Communications on May 17, 2013 at 16:48 0 Comments 0 Likes
Research teams in low- and middle-income countries currently conducting implementation research projects on infectious diseases of poverty are invited to participate in a pilot training workshop. The workshop is part of a module-based Toolkit designed to strengthen research capacity.
Posted by Jamie Guth on May 17, 2013 at 16:44 0 Comments 0 Likes
Numerous funding agencies are working together to improve support to research organizations in low- and middle-income countries. A small group of ESSENCE on Health Research initiative members met recently to explore how best to collaborate to address existing research management gaps and needs. They looked at lessons learned and feedback from their 2012 best practice publication, Five keys to improving research costing in low- and middle-income countries, and began…
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FIND, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, and TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases, have joined forces to increase access to clinical reference materials needed in the development of diagnostics for tuberculosis (TB). Currently, there are no point-of-care tests recommended for use by the World Health Organization. As a result, TB often goes undiagnosed in people who do not have easy or close access to health care facilities, leading to…
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