MALARIA RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN ZIMBABWE

津巴布韦疟疾研究和培训计划(MRTPZ)将把约翰霍普金斯大学公共卫生学院分子微生物学和免疫学(MMI)系的研究和教育机会与国际知名的布莱尔研究所(BRI)和生物医学研究和培训研究所(BRTI)联系起来，目的是振兴津巴布韦现有的疟疾预防和控制基础设施。长期目标将是在非洲疟疾流行环境中加强和维持一个卓越中心。MRTPZ将在MMI为两名博士前和两名硕士学生提供综合研究培训，并在疟疾传播控制的免疫学方面、耐药性模式表征、病媒控制战略、社区参与疟疾控制和研究方法培训方面进行母国教育培训。一带一路是负责津巴布韦卫生问题科研和培训管理的政府牵头机构。疟疾控制是国家卫生战略的三个优先领域之一。公共卫生学院公共卫生哲学学院采用最先进的科学方法解决具有全球意义的公共卫生问题，在传染病的基本机制和宿主应对方面对科学家进行研究和培训。在MMI发起但在津巴布韦进行的疟疾研究项目将提供一个结构，将从分子生物学、微生物学、免疫学、生态学和人口遗传学综合课程中获得的理论知识应用于与疟疾流行病学、媒介生物学、免疫学和疫苗、抗疟疾药物、发病机制和卫生系统以及操作方法有关的问题。培训计划的一个基本方面，包括要求参加研讨会、研究论坛、期刊俱乐部、国家和国际科学会议，以及参加由霍普金斯大学、BRI和BRTI的教师在津巴布韦联合提供的各种培训课程。培训计划的结构将符合计划目标，并由MRTPZ咨询委员会密切监督。

The Malaria Research and Training Program in Zimbabwe (MRTPZ) will link the research and educational opportunities of the Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI) Department of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health with the internationally known Blair Research Institute (BRI) and the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI) for the purpose of invigorating the existing malaria prevention and control infrastructure of Zimbabwe. The long-term objective will be to fortify and sustain a center of excellence in an African malaria endemic setting. The MRTPZ will knit comprehensive research training of two pre-doctoral and two masters level students at MMI with home country education training in immunologic aspects of malaria transmission control, characterization of drug resistance patterns, vector control strategies, community involvement in malaria control and research methods training. The BRI is the lead government agency charged with management of scientific research and training on Zimbabwe health problems. Malaria control is one of the three priority areas in the national health strategy. The Department of MMI conducts research and trains scientists in the basic mechanisms of infectious diseases and host responses with the underlying School of Public Health philosophy that employs state-of-the-art scientific approaches to public health problems of global significance. The malaria research projects, initiated at MMI but conducted in Zimbabwe will provide a structure for the application of theoretical knowledge gained from comprehensive courses in molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, ecology and-population genetics to the issues related to malaria epidemiology, vector biology, immunology and vaccines, anti malaria drugs, pathogenesis and health systems and operational methods. An essential aspect of the training program, includes a requirement to participate in seminars, research forums, journal clubs, national and international scientific meetings and to participate in the various training courses to be offered in Zimbabwe jointly by the faculty from Hopkins, BRI and BRTI. The training program will be structured to meet the program goals and closely supervised by the MRTPZ advisory committee.