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Project

Joint efforts for the elimination of Malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.

Malaria burden severely affects the population living in the Peruvian Amazon, which is also affected by low-living conditions. Currently, the Peruvian government has launched the Malaria Elimination program in the Amazon and requires evidence-based research to improve its program. UNAP is the main university in the Peruvian Amazon and is looking to become a key role player on the development of the region by supporting this elimination initiative. The first steps of supporting UNAP becoming more active on research were initiated through a triangular collaboration between UNAP, UPCH and UAntwerp in 2016 (VLIR SI). Here by, we intend to continue and strengthen this collaboration by actively developing educational and research capacities on epidemiology, data analysis and population genetics at UNAP. Constant training through students/professors exchange, courses given by UAntwerp/UPCH professors at UNAP and joint research related to malaria elimi-nation tools encircle the strategy proposed on this VLIR TEAM project.
Date:1 Jan 2018 →  31 Aug 2022
Keywords:MALARIA, MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, PERU
Disciplines:Infectious diseases, Analysis of next-generation sequence data, Tropical medicine, Epidemiology
Project type:Collaboration project