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| Name: | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine TB Centre |
| Street 1: | Keppel Street |
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| City: | London |
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| Country: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7636 8636 |
| Organization Email: | tb@lshtm.ac.uk |
| Web Site: | http://www.tb.lshtm.ac.uk |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Technical agencies |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| The TB Centre brings together over 120 scientists, doctors, epidemiologists, statisticians, public health officers and policy-makers. The TB Centre provides a focus for the School's long-established global research expertise in tuberculosis epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and treatment. It will enable the development of enhanced international partnership, building on the success of 70 existing projects collaborating in more than 40 countries including the UK, South Africa, Uganda, Senegal, Malawi, India, Pakistan, China and Peru. We are actively encouraging those involved in TB research, clinical practice and public health to make contact with the TB Centre to propose new projects and contribute to existing areas of work |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Research and Development |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 26 - 50 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Attendance at a TB related event |
| 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: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| The UK lacks a formal NTP - however clinicians working at LSHTM are involved in delivery of TB care in London and contribute to national committees contributing to TB policy for both TB prevention and management. | |
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) |
Bolivia Cambodia China Ghana India Indonesia Kenya Malawi Nigeria Pakistan Peru Senegal Somalia South Africa Thailand Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe |
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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Drug-Resistant TB: diagnosis, through MODS and Xpert related studies in Latin America and southern Africa treatment through collaboration with institutions undertaking clinical trials TB-HIV: multiple large scale trials in southern Africa evaluating active case finding and preventive therapy approaches for targeted risk-groups and at population level New Diagnostics: phenotypic, genotypic and antigen test development, evaluation and implementation research New TB Vaccines: immunological and biomarker research as part of large vaccine consortia Research: Xpert implementation evaluation research in southern Africa TANDEM consortium to evaluate interface between TB and diabetes melllitus |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: none to declare | |
| Application date: | July 24, 2013 |
| Last updated: | June 19, 2014 |