Partners

Financial and technical support

This project is undertaken through financial and technical support from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Vector birth control in Southeast Asia

The partners involved in the study on vector birth control in Southeast Asia are:

  • Center of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Thailand
  • Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
  • Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
  • Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand
  • Go Green Company Limited, Thailand (Mahidol University Spin-Off Company for Green Products)

Dengue vector control in Cambodia

The partners involved in the study on Dengue vector control in Cambodia are:

  • Malaria Consortium
  • Centre National Malariology/Ministry of Public Health
  • Ministry of Education (Cambodia)
  • Bournemouth University UK
  • Global Health Asia Institute (Mahidol University)
  • Institute of Tropical Medicine (Belgium)

How do partnerships play an important role?

“we can’t assume as researchers that we know what the best intervention is because the best intervention relies deeply on the local context and without that partnership we’re not going to be able to be effective in making sure we cut down the number of people who suffer from dengue.” – Dr Kristie Ebi, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Why is an interdisciplinary approach so important

“[An interdisciplinary approach is] the recognition that the problems we face on the globe today, not only health, but broadly health, environment and others as well, are way too complex for any one discipline to find answers.” – Prof. Nancy Lewis, East-West Center, University of Hawaii; Chair, WHO/TDR Special Project Team