GH23-001 - Strategic Operational Research to Accelerate Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa - RACE

GH23-001 - 加速控制和消除撒哈拉以南非洲被忽视的热带病 (NTD) 的战略业务研究 - RACE

• 批准号: 10806481
• 负责人: Thomson Luroni Lakwo
• 金额: $ 91.31万
• 依托单位: AFRICAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK, LTD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-30 至 2028-09-29
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10806481
• 关键词: GH23; 001; Strategic; Operational; Research

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed project will be implemented in priority sub - African countries. Prioritization of implementation sites is based on the CDC’s list of target countries. The project seeks to carry out strategic operation research that will provide evidence for NTD national control programs to fast track their progress towards controlling and eliminating of NTDs within their borders, by evaluating diagnostic tests for NTDs, testing approaches that may potentially supplement mass drug administration (MDA) as a strategy for control of vectors that cause NTDs and providing evidence for lower thresholds for stopping mass strategies such as MDAs. If lower thresholds are confirmed, savings would be made, and such resources could be diverted to other public health programs. This is especially important in Africa where resources can barely meet the demands on already constrained health systems. Proposed activities will be implemented in close liaison with national NTD program staff, as a means of building their capacity, to ensure knowledge and skill transfer, and sustenance of initiatives. The anticipated overall outcome of this project is reduced morbidity and mortality from NTDs, primarily in Africa, but in the world at large.

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