Biomedical Research in Developing Countries - UNICRI

exchange in health research ethics and to strengthen Africa’s perspective in this field.
A similar symposium will be held in 2010, at the end of the second cycle (2007-
2010) of SARETI’s funding.
http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/File/healthsciences/SARETI/downloads/AHRES_Programme.pdf
South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network
SEAICRN
The South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network was established in
2005 as a five-year collaborative partnership of hospitals and research institution
based in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. It was founded by an
international consortium, which includes the US National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease (NIAID) and the Wellcome Trust, while the University of Oxford,
the Center for Tropical Medicine and the Nuffield Department of Medicine support
it in technical and administrative issues.
SEAICRN major aims are to improve patient care and human health through the
progress of scientific knowledge and clinical research and to enhance the capacity to
conduct clinical research respecting the international standards. It is focused on
clinical research with human participants and avian influence, but it would be
interested in the future in working on other local diseases.
The network offers to scientists to participate in long and short-term scholarships,
seminars and workshops in order to improve their capacity in quality clinical
research.
In 2009 SEAICRN is developing the following training operational courses: Intensive
Care Unit, Laboratory Safety, Pharmacology, Randomized Clinical Trial Sites (RCT);
and academic training programmes: Doctoral Degree in Biomedical and Clinical
Science, Scientific Writing Course, Statistics.
In June 2009 the Network will host its 4th Annual Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.
http://www.seaicrn.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=26
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
TDR
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases was
established in 1975 by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health
Organization (WHO). TDR is an independent programme that ensures scientific
collaboration in coordinating, supporting and influencing global efforts to fight a
series of diseases affecting mainly the poor and disadvantaged.
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