A scientometric evaluation of the Chagas disease implementation research programme of the PAHO and TDR.

ABSTRACT: The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration cosponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization. TDR's strategy is based on stewardship for research on infectious diseases of poverty, empowerment of endemic countries, research on neglected priority needs, and the promotion of scientific collaboration influencing global efforts to combat major tropical diseases. In 2001, in view of the achievements obtained in the reduction of transmission of Chagas disease through the Southern Cone Initiative and the improvement in Chagas disease control activities in some countries of the Andean and the Central American Initi

SUBMITTER: Carbajal-de-la-Fuente AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3820726 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature