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Abstract
The Task Force on Malaria Research CapabilityStrengthening (RCS) in Africa, coordinated by the UnitedNations Development Programme, the World Bank, and theWorld Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme forResearch and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR),represents a collaborative funding strategy in which multipleagencies and governments promote capacity-building activi-ties in the context of the Multilateral Initiative for Malaria inAfrica (MIM). This task force was established to promotehuman resource development and strengthen researchcapacity in malaria-endemic countries.A total of 112 proposals involving 42 countries (25 fromAfrica) and over 200 partner institutions/research groupshave been reviewed since the program’s inception in 1998.The proposals covered a wide range of aspects of malariaresearch, including the clinical and molecular basis of drugresistance, drug policy, immune responses to
Highlights
The Task Force on Malaria Research Capability Strengthening (RCS) in Africa, coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), represents a collaborative funding strategy in which multiple agencies and governments promote capacity-building activities in the context of the Multilateral Initiative for Malaria in Africa (MIM)
The proposals covered a wide range of aspects of malaria research, including the clinical and molecular basis of drug resistance, drug policy, immune responses to Plasmodium infection, evaluation of natural products for antimalarial activity, parasite diversity, home management, vector biology, and epidemiology of malaria
Task Force Objectives The objective of the malaria RCS grants is to develop or strengthen, core African research groups’ capacity for producing effective control tools for malaria and improving relevant health policy strategies
Summary
Strengthening Capability for Malaria Research in Africa The Task Force on Malaria Research Capability Strengthening (RCS) in Africa, coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), represents a collaborative funding strategy in which multiple agencies and governments promote capacity-building activities in the context of the Multilateral Initiative for Malaria in Africa (MIM). This task force was established to promote human resource development and strengthen research capacity in malaria-endemic countries.
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