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| Name: | Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC) |
| Street 1: | Culham Innovation Centre, D5 |
| Street 2: | Culham Science Centre |
| City: | Abingdon |
| Province: | Oxfordshire |
| Post Code: | OX14 3DB |
| Country: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Phone: | 441865408311 |
| Organization Email: | capasternak@oibc.org.uk |
| Web Site: | http://www.oibc.org.uk |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developed Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Oxford International Biomedical Centre is a high-level humanitarian organization targeted at the developing world. It is an international charity registered in the UK and aimed at helping developing countries. Diseases like tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS alone kill about 5 million people each year. This poses a two-fold challenge for scientific research and training. How to enable the intellectual abilities of three quarters of the globe in which these diseases largely occur - yet who are without sufficient resources - to be fulfilled so that they can tackle the problem themselves, and how to integrate the commercial and fundamental basis of scientific endeavour in order to improve health and the quality of life. The problems are enormous, but so are the potential rewards. The solution lies in a single word: cooperation. Cooperation between developing and developed countries; cooperation between academic and industrial institutions; cooperation between scientists and medical doctors. It is to translate these aims into reality that the Oxford International Biomedical Centre was established. Our mission is to improve health and the quality of life across the globe by promoting access to learning and research. Our goals are : (1) To enable scientists and medical doctors from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe to gain better access to Western knowledge and its practitioners. (2) To share information on third world diseases that are now appearing in the West. (3) To foster an understanding of scientific and medical issues by senior schoolchildren and the lay public. (4) To promote biomedical research and development through commercial ventures within and outside the UK. Since its launch in 1992, OIBC has organized international conferences and workshops in 20 locations across 4 continents. It has signed collaborative agreements with prestigious institutions in 5 countries, and its Director has lectured across the globe. Scientists and medical doctors in Asia, Africa, Latin America |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities Research and Development |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Information on developments within the TB world |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| no direct contribution to UK's national TB control plan | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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New TB Drugs: we plan to launch a program entitled SOPAT [Selection Of Plants Against Tuberculosis] |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
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| Last updated: | August 26, 2011 |