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Transitioning to a National Infectious Diseases Institute in Tanzania

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Funding Fogarty Program

Fogarty HIV Research Training

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Transitioning to a National Infectious Diseases Institute in Tanzania

Principal Institution

University of Virginia

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Steen, Amber K; Mpagama, Stellah George

Project Contact Information

Email: al9sx@virginia.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2024-2027

Country

Tanzania

Collaborators

Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital

Project Description

The Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital in the Kilimanjaro region of northern Tanzania has in the last decade grown clinical and laboratory research, and training of junior investigators to improve the health of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other endemic or emerging infectious diseases, and is consequently transitioning to become a national infectious diseases institute. This project will develop a fully capacitated multidivisional research administrative office, along with a transferrable training program and resource toolkit, that will increase the total number and diversity of grants submitted, and secondarily improve the research productivity of networked hospitals and research centers.

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