Abstract
The WHO/MIM/TDR Task force facilitated a workshop at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana (26 November – 3 December 2000) to provide training on standard protocols used for immunology studies and to adopt common protocols for projects funded by the WHO/TDR/MIM to facilitate acquisition of comparable data by the investigators. During the workshop, a consortium of scientists from Ghana, Nigeria, the Sudan, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Gabon studying the immunology and pathophysiology of malaria was formed. The Malaria Immunology and Pathogenesis Consortium (MIMPAC), has an international advisory board comprising scientists from the USA, UK, France, Italy, Denmark and Sweden; it will evolve into a continental platform for multidisciplinary research and training in immunology and pathogenesis of malaria in Africa. South–South collaboration resulting in more effective and pragmatic use of the aggregate research infrastructure and expertise in African institutions in concord with collaboration is recognized as an important vehicle for building sustainable and affordable research capacity in Africa; this will be strongly promoted by MIMPAC. BDA
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