Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1942 in Nagasaki |
| Director | Prof. Dr. Kouichi Morita |
| Address | 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki city 852-8523 , Nagasaki , Nagasaki , Japan |
| Campus | Sakamoto |
| Website | http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/en/ |
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Japanese: 長崎大学熱帯医学研究所, NEKKEN), is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. The institute is located in Nagasaki, Japan and has research stations in Vietnam and Kenya.
NEKKEN aims to overcome tropical diseases, particularly infectious diseases, and the various health problems associated with them, in cooperation with related institutions, to strive for excellence in the following areas:
- (1) Spear-head research in tropical medicine and international health
- (2) Global contribution through disease control and health promotion in the tropics by applying the fruits of the research
- (3) Cultivation of the researchers and specialists in the above fields
NEKKEN also carries out an extensive capacity strengthening program in counterpart countries, and collaborates with a large network of institutions in Africa, South America and Asia through programs by the Japanese goverment (MEXT, JICA, ODA) and WHO.
History
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University was originally founded in March 1942 as the East Asia Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki Medical College in order to perform basic and applied studies on endemic diseases in East Asia.
Departments
- Department of Virology
- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Department of Bacteriology
- Department of Protozoology
- Department of Parasitology
- Department of Immunogenetics
- Department of Host-defence biochemistry
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Eco-epidemiology
- Department of International Health
- Department of Vector Ecology and Environment
- Department of Bacteriology
- Shionogi Global Infectious Diseases Division
- Department of Clinical Medicine
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Department of Clinical Product Development
- Nagasaki University Hospital-Internal Medicine-Department of Infectious Diseases
- Associated Facilities-Center for Infectious Disease Research in Africa and Asia
International Collaborators
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Vietnam
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
- San Lazaro Hospital, Manila
- St. Luke's Medical Center
- Department of Medical Research, Mynamar
- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute