Country | Research coordinating body | Main implementers | Main funders |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | TB: National TB programme Malaria: No official body. Stakeholders mentioned different coordination structures. Current ongoing establishment of a coordinating structure within the “Comité Scientifique”. | Ecole de Santé Publique (ESP), Department of Tropical Medicine, Centre National de Pharmacovigilance and the Institut National de Recherches Biomédicales (all associated with Kinshasa University), Swiss TPH | Global Fund, Presidents Malaria Initiative/USAID/Centers for Disease Control, Department for International Development, the World Bank, European Union, UNICEF, NGOs and foreign universities |
Ethiopia | TB: National TB Research Advisory Committee (TRAC) Malaria: Malaria Research Network of Ethiopia (MRNE) The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) has the mandate to coordinate research activities in the area of health but currently has insufficient human resources | Ethiopian Public Health Institute, local health authorities, universities | Global Fund, USAID |
India | TB: Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) Malaria: Central Malaria Division, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; National Institute of Malaria Research; National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme The disease control programmes maintain OR/IR committees that oversee and coordinate relevant activities | Government research institutions, Commercial research institutes | Government of India |
Indonesia | TB: TB Operational Research Group (TORG) Malaria: Development of a structure similar to the TORG is ongoing. The coordination of OR for malaria is currently with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) | University of Gadjah Mada, Padjadjaran University, University of Indonesia, National Institute of Health Research Development, Eijkman Institute | Global Fund, Government of Indonesia, USAID/KNCV |
Myanmar | TB: Department for Medical Research (DMR) Malaria: DMR The DMR is overseeing and coordinating all research activities in the country | Department for Medical Research, University of Maryland, Mahidol University (Shoklo Malaria Research Unit), Malaria Consortium, Population Services International | Global Fund (directly and through RAI) 3 Millennium Development Goal Fund, USAID, Presidents Malaria Initiative Greater Mekong Subregion Malaria Operational Plan, WHO, Japan International Cooperation Agency |
Zimbabwe | TB: none Malaria: none The National Institute of Health Research (former Blair Institute) has the mandate to coordinate research activities in the area of health but its current focus is on implementation of malaria research | BRTI (local NGO), universities, local health authorities, The Union, National Institute of Health Research | Global Fund, USAID |