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Ensuring Access to Data and Information-
Capacity Building for Tropical Diseases
Lester ChitsuloSpecial Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa
An International Workshop
5-7 September 2005, Pretoria, South Africa
• To give an overview of Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) programme
• To discuss capacity building efforts for ensuring that data and information from research are accurate, reproducible, robust and are disseminated
Purpose of this presentation
TDR Objectives
• To support research to improve and/or develop new tools for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling neglected infectious diseases
• To strengthen the capacity of disease endemic countries to undertake the research required for disease control
TDR Disease Portfolio
• African trypanosomiasis• Chagas disease• Dengue• Leishmaniasis• Leprosy• Lymphatic filariasis• Malaria• Onchocerciasis• Schistosomiasis
• Tuberculosis.
Disease Coordinator 1
Disease Coordinator 2
Disease Coordinator 3
Disease Coordinator n
Director
PPM
SDR PDE IRM RCS
LDCs
“RCS-Plus”
TDR Structure
SSK
TDR Disease Strategic Emphases Matrix
DIR
SDR PDE IRM
SEB GDRPAGBCV CPR DRD IR
PDT 1 PDT 4 PDT 1 PDT 2 PDT 1 PDT 2
RCS
RSG
R&DProject
1
R&DProject
2 PDT 3PDT 2
MIM
Course1
MIM
TDR works through Committee Structures with External Advisors
Secretariat @ 20+ persons
Advisors @ 200+ persons
TDR Support
• Collaborative research grants – tenable globally
• Research capacity strengthening grants for disease endemic countries
• Research training grants, including career development fellowships
• Re-entry grants• Project specific training, good practices
• Establishment of networks• Access to scientific literature and
communications – hardware, software and training• www.who.int/tdr
Institution
Regionalapproaches
N-S & S-S partnerhips
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Degree trainingGroup trainingRe-entry
Individual
R&D-driven projectsProgramme-based
Regional networks Small grants
Global networks
MIM/TDRPartnership grants
Capacity Building Support
Resea
rch
self-r
elian
ce
mapping grants
(supply
and demand)Approach
Resea
rch
syst
ems
Capacity building approaches
SampleCollection
Recruitment
Study Preparation
Data Analysis
Field Stafftraining
Report
PostDoc,PhD & M.Sc
Training
Protocoldevelopment
Field study
Workshops Hb GenotypeMSP1 ELISAs
MSP1 PI&comp.ELISA
Epitope mapping
T cellwork
MSP1 AllelesPCR
Grant Approval
Jun 02
1st year fundingAug 02
Contribution to
MSP-1Vaccine
Development
Characteristics and dynamics of antibodies to MSP-1 ofPlasmodium falciparum in humans naturally exposed to
malaria
2002-2005 PERT CHART
Aug -Sep t‘02
Jul ‘02
Dec ‘05
Aug 0 2 Aug-Sep02
Nov ‘0 3–Jan ‘05
Aug 0 2- Jan 04
Mar 03-May 05
Oct 02 –Dec 0 4
Nov 0 3-Aug 04
WHO
Local
EthicalClearance
SampleCollection
Recruitment
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
LaboratoryWork
Aug 0 2–Nov ‘05
Jun – Jul ’0 2
Oct ’04-Ju n ‘05
Oct ’02-Oct‘04
Capacity building &
Collaboration
Visits by N. Partner
Sep t ’02-Oct ‘05
Training in project planning and management
Capacity building in Research EthicsCapacity building in Research Ethics
is a global network for developing ethical review and promote ethical and scientific values in biomedical research
FERCAPFERCAPFLACEISFLACEIS
FECCISFECCIS
PABINPABIN
FOCUSFOCUS
SIDCERSIDCER
http://www.sidcer.org
Quality Practice in basic biomedical research
• Data from basic research must be reliable in order to ensure a solid basis for decision making
• Fully described experimental conditions and properly collected and recorded data will ensure reproducibility and avoid controversies• QPBBR is concerned with the way the research work is organised, performed, reported and supervised• It is a non-regulatory quality guidance for researchers in basic biomedical research
Good Laboratory Practices
Laboratory Assessment
SOPs TrainingSOPs Training
Good Clinical Practices
CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT
• Training in clinical data management • 8 Clinical data management centres
– China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India (2), Japan (2), and Thailand
– To ensure production of high quality databases that meet clinical and regulatory requirements
• WHO/TDR Annual Meeting on Clinical Data Management, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, September 26-28, 2005.
• http://www.cdmtdr.org/
Strengthening of DEC medical journals
FAME - [email protected]
Improving access to scientific informationImproving access to scientific information
Disease Watch
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM).
Reagents
CommunicationResearch grants
Coordination
Biggest global
malaria conference
Major participation of
African scientists (>
1500)
Strong interface with
malaria control
Important malaria
advocacy event
TDR sponsored
symposia on R & D
innovation in Africa
Centers of excellence for applied genomicsCenters of excellence for applied genomics
Latin American Course on Bioinformaticsfor Tropical Disease Research South African National
Bioinformatics Institute
FIOCRUZ
• We should build capacity that insures that data and information from tropical diseases research are accurate, reproducible and accessible.
• Thank you for the opportunity to share ideas with you.
Conclusion