“Ukatamanga
weka utamangisa, tikatamanga awili, tifikapatali" - When
you run alone, you run fast. When you run together, you run further - Zambian Proverb
Research and Training Programme
International Scientific and Funding Partners
UNZA-UCLMS has created important international collaborations between academia, health care providers, communities funders and industry and effectively closely aligning capacity development and training activities with high quality research programs. We have now networked across all continents, with 40 countries and over 70 institutions conducting multidisciplinary collaborative research on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major infectious diseases affecting adults and children.
Africa and the Middle East
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project/s |
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Cameroon
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Eric Achidi Véronique Penlap Beng Jude Bigoga Jude Bigoga Joseph Kamgno Palmer Masumbe Netongo |
University of Buea
University of Yaoundé University of Yaoundé |
CANTAM2 |
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Congo
|
Francine Ntoumi
Felix KoukouIkila-Kousounda |
Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale
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TARD/TRIVIA
CANTAM2 |
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Democratic Republic of Congo
|
Gaston Tona Lutete
Gauthier Mesia Kahunu |
University of Kinshasa - Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit
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CANTAM2
|
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Ethiopia
|
Abraham
Aseffa
Getnet Yimer |
Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Adaba
Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences. University of Addis Adaba |
VACSEL + VACSIS
TB HAART |
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Equatorial Guinea
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CANTAM2
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Gabon
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Afsatou Ndama Traore
Abraham Alabi Ayola Akim Adegnika Marielle Bouyou-Akotet Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki Parfait Awono-Ambene |
Albert Schweitzer hospital, Lambaréné
Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambarene, Lamberene (AA) Centre Internationale de Recherche Medicales de Franceville (CIRMF) Faculté de Médicine, Université des Sciences de la Santé Libreville Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC) |
PZA
HDT-NET CANTAM2 |
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Gambia
|
Roger Brookes
Richard Adegbola Sara Burl |
Medical
Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul
|
VACSIS + VACSEL
|
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Ghana
|
Richard Odame Phillips Dorothy Yeboah-Manu |
School of Medical Sciences, KNUST/KATH, Kumasi
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra |
Pandora-ID-NET
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Kenya
|
Jeremiah
Chakaya
|
National Tuberculosis
Control Program, Nairobi
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STAG
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Madagascar
|
Voahangy
Rosolofo
|
Unité
des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo
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VACSEL
|
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Malawi
|
Felix Salaniponi
|
National Tuberculosis
Control Program, Lillongwe
|
Equi-TB
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Mozambique
|
Sofia Omar Viegas
|
National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo
|
PZA
|
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Nigeria
|
Oliver Ezechi
|
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos
|
TB HAART
|
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Saudi Arabia
|
Ziad Memish
|
Ministry of Health, Riyadh
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South Africa
|
Keertan Dheda
Cathy Connolly Roxana Rustomjee Nalini Singh Nesri Padayachin Thomas Nyirenda Robert Wallis Gavin Churchyard Rajhmun Madansein Andrie Steyn Gita Ramjee Photini Kiepiela Ian Sanne Neil Martinson Robert Wilkinson Bongani Mayosi Jimmy Volmink Jean Nachega Glaudina Loots |
University of Cape Town (UCT) Lung Institute
SA-Medical Research Council, Cape Town. (RR) Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban. (NS) Centre for AIDS Prevention Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), SAMRC CAPRISA HIV – TB pathogenesis and treatment research unit, Durban. (NP) EDCTP, Cape Town. (TN) Aurum Institute, Johannesburg. (RSW, GC) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of KwaZulu Natal (RM) KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis & HIV, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, K-RITH Tower Building, Durban. (AS) SA-Medical Research Council, HIV Prevn Res Unit, Durban. (GR, PK) SA-Medical Research Council, Durban (CC) University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. (IS) Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto. (NM) Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town. (RW) Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town. (BMM) Stellenbosch University (JV, JN) EDCTP South Africa Representative. (GL) |
TB NEAT
TB HAART HDT-NET |
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Sierra Leone
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Rashid Ansumana
|
Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Kulanda Town, Bo
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Tanzania
|
Nyanda Ntinginya
Petra Clowes Gibson Kibiki Sayoki Mfinanga Beatrice mutayoba |
NIMR - Mbeya Medical Research Programme
NIMR - Mbeya Medical Research Programme KCRC - Tumaini University, Moshi NIMR - Muhimbili NIMR - Muhimbili |
PZA
ADAT, REMOX, PANACEA PZA TB HAART TB HAART |
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Uganda
|
Bruce Kirenga
Moses Joloba Cathy Magezi |
Makerere University teaching Hospital, Kapmala
MoH Labs, Kampala Makerere University teaching Hospital, Kapmala |
TB HAART
TB HAART TB HAART |
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Zambia
|
Matthew Bates Moses Chilufya Aaron Shibemba Nathan Kapata Chishala Chabala Edgar Simulundu Victor Mukonka |
HerpeZ
Zambian Ministry of Health Zambia Institute for Public Health Reserach (ZIPHR) University of Zambia School of Veterinary Medicine |
PANDORA-ID-NET
CANTAM2 |
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Zimbabwe
|
Lynn
Zijenah
|
TB NEAT
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Europe
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project/s |
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Belarus
|
Alena Skrahin
Raija Ahmed |
The Research Institute of Pulmonology & Tuberculosis, MinsK
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Finland
|
Antii Ojala
|
Mobidiag, Helsinki
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Rid-RTI
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France
|
Antione Andremont
Clause Weisbuch Brigitte Chiquel Michel Cot |
AssistancePublique-Hôpitaux deParis (APHP), Paris
Genewave SAS(GW), Paris Institute Pasteure, Paris Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) |
Rid-RTI
|
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Germany
|
Michael Hoelscher
Stefan Neimann Andrea Rachow |
University of Munich
|
ADAT, TB NEAT, PZA, REMOX, PANACEA
|
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Netherlands
|
Martin Grobush
Martin Johan Boeree |
University of Amsterdam
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre |
TB NEAT
TB NEAT, PZA |
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Ireland
|
Thomas Barry
|
National University of Ireland, Galway
|
Rid-RTI
|
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Italy
|
Enrico Girardi
Daniela Maria Cirillo |
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, Rome
Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Milan |
TrDNA
PZA |
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Sweden
|
Marcus Maurer
|
Karolinska Institutet
|
TB NEAT
|
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Switzerland
|
Philip Onyebujoh,
Giorgio Roscigno, |
WHO-TDR, Geneva
FIND, Geneva |
M.vaccae
TrDNA |
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United Kingdom
|
Anthony Costello Bertie Squire Graham Rook Janet Darbyshire Kunda Musonda Sebastian Lucas Stephen Gillespie Ursula Gompels Timothy McHugh Sarah Edwards Vanya Gant Aziz Sheikh Matt Oliver Gill Craig Farida Fortune Tumena Corrah Robert Wilkinson Shabbar Jaffar Paul Elkington |
University of Lincoln, Lincoln Institute of Child Health, University College London (AC)Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool. (BS, GR St Thomas's, Guys and King's Medical School, London (SL) University of St Andrews, St Andrews. (SG) Center for Clinical Microbiology (TMc), Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. (SE) UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London. (AZ, VG) Centre of Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. (AS) Results UK and APPG-GTB, London. (MO) School of Health Sciences, City University London. (GC) Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London (FF) Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London. (TC) Francis Crick Institute Mill Hill Laboratory, London. (RJW) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. (SJ, UG, KM) University of Southampton. (PE) |
TORCH, HHV-6 Studies Autopsy Studies PZA, REMOX TORCH, HHV-6 Studies HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET Rid-RTI HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET |
North America
| Country | Collaborators | Project | Institution |
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USA
|
Dharam Ablashi
Kristen Loomis Hannah Wexner Omar Siddiqi Kirk Kimmerling David Bearden |
HHV-6 Studies + K21/K18
HHV-6 Studies CHANCE TBM & HHV-6 Studies K21/K18 Neonatal meningitis |
HHV-6 Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
HHV-6 Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA Kids Here & There, Columbus, OH Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Kimmerling Holdings Group Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn State University |
Asia & Australasia
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project |
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Australia
|
Ben Marais
Deborah Zion |
University of Sidney
University of Melbourne |
TB HAART |
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China
|
Shenglan
Tang
Qin ning Tie Chen |
Duke Global Health Institute
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan |
Equi-TB
TBA TBA |
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Hong Kong
|
Bob Taylor
|
British Red Cross
|
Equi-TB
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Japan
|
Yoshizo Asano
Tetsushi Yoshikawa |
Fujita Health University
Fujita Health University |
HHV-6 Studies
|
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Vietnam
|
Bob Taylor
|
British Red Cross
|
Equi-TB
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