Abstract
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration cosponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization. TDR's strategy is based on stewardship for research on infectious diseases of poverty, empowerment of endemic countries, research on neglected priority needs, and the promotion of scientific collaboration influencing global efforts to combat major tropical diseases. In 2001, in view of the achievements obtained in the reduction of transmission of Chagas disease through the Southern Cone Initiative and the improvement in Chagas disease control activities in some countries of the Andean and the Central American Initiatives, TDR transferred the Chagas Disease Implementation Research Programme (CIRP) to the Communicable Diseases Unit of the Pan American Health Organization (CD/PAHO).This paper presents a scientometric evaluation of the 73 projects from 18 Latin American and European countries that were granted by CIRP/PAHO/TDR between 1997 and 2007. We analyzed all final reports of the funded projects and scientific publications, technical reports, and human resource training activities derived from them. Results about the number of projects funded, countries and institutions involved, gender analysis, number of published papers in indexed scientific journals, main topics funded, patents inscribed, and triatomine species studied are presented and discussed.The results indicate that CIRP/PAHO/TDR initiative has contributed significantly, over the 1997–2007 period, to Chagas disease knowledge as well as to the individual and institutional-building capacity.
Highlights
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909) and transmitted to humans by a group of hemipteran insects belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae [1]
Chagas disease is considered a serious health problem in Latin America, with 9–10 million people infected [3]. It extends from the southern United States to southern Argentina and Chile [4], it has been shown [5] that migration from endemic American countries to Citation: Carbajal-de-la-Fuente AL, Yadon ZE (2013) A Scientometric Evaluation of the Chagas Disease Implementation Research Programme of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and TDR
Scientific Reports Analysis A total of 73 projects were included in the present study: 16 projects transferred by TDR to CD/PAHO and funded between 1997 and 1999; 14 new projects funded in 2000–2001; and 43 projects funded between 2002 and 2007 (13 in 2002; ten in 2003; 12 in 2005; four in 2006; and four in 2007)
Summary
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909) and transmitted to humans by a group of hemipteran insects belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae [1]. Chagas disease is considered a serious health problem in Latin America, with 9–10 million people infected [3]. It extends from the southern United States to southern Argentina and Chile [4], it has been shown [5] that migration from endemic American countries to Citation: Carbajal-de-la-Fuente AL, Yadon ZE (2013) A Scientometric Evaluation of the Chagas Disease Implementation Research Programme of the PAHO and TDR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(11): e2445. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002445
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