Enreca Health > Research Projects > Malaria in Tanzania

Malaria and Health in Northern Tanzania

Period

2000-2008

Main Collaborating Institutions

• Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC)
• National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Headquarters & Amani Centre
• University of Copenhagen, Centre of Medical Parasitology (CMP) and International Health at Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and International Health
• Copenhagen University Hospital, CMP at Departments of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Great Britain
• Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA

Principal Project Coordinators

Professor N. Nkya

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMC)
P.O.Box 3010, Moshi
Tanzania

Fax: + 255 55 54381
E-mail: nkya10 @ hotmail.com

Professor Thor Theander

Centre for Medical Parasitology (CMP)
Panum Institute
3, Blegdamsvej
DK-2200 Copenhagen N,
Denmark

Phone: +45 35 32 76 77
Fax: +45 35 32 78 51
E-mail: theander @ biobase.dk

Project Description

Malaria constitutes a major challenge to the health systems in Africa south of Sahara. Studies by leading economists have shown that malaria not only causes human suffering and misery among those affected and their relatives, but that the disease also has a profund effects on society and in itself constitutes an empediment to development. The project contains elements of capacity building as part of the outphasing of the previous ENRECA project on "Malaria, Filariasis and Health Systems" which started in 1992. Furthermore, support to ongoing capacity strengthening activities at the KCMC which have a very high priority at the institution. The capacity strengthening contains framework research projects, which constitute a continuation of ongoing research programmes and are largely connected to PhD programmes of Tanzania researchers.

The overriding theme is "The burden of malaria uner different transmission intensities", containing as main research components: 1) Health systems, society and malaria, 2) Drugs and malaria, and 3) Malaria epidemiology and immunology. The studies are multidisciplinary, emphasising Public Health, including Social Science, Pharmacology (in a very broad sense) and Biomedical Sciences. The work will be performed  as part of the activities of the Joint Malaria Programme, which is a formalised research and training collaboration between KCMC, National National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, and University of Copenhagen.

The London Schoolof Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has received a Bill Gates funding of 40 million US dollars for the project, of which 3 million are earmarked for capacity building.

Further information on the studies: Centre for Medical Parasitology