Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness
The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLOPID-R) is an international initiative to anticipate and prepare for future threats from infectious diseases. Founded in 2013, GLOPID-R is intended to be a means for facilitating communication and collaboration between its member bodies, not a funding or disaster response entity.[1] Its secretariat is funded by the European Union.[2]
Membership
As of February 2016[update], GLOPID-R's member organizations were as follows:[3]
- African Academy of Sciences
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
- Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
- German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Institut de microbiologie et des maladies infectieuses
- Instituto Butantan
- Instituto Fiocruz
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- International Development Research Centre
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Italian Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Research Council of Norway
- São Paulo Research Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
- Thai National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Wellcome Trust
with the World Health Organization as an observer.[3]
References
- ^ Plank, Irene. "Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^ "European Commission : CORDIS : Projects & Results Service : Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) Secretariat". cordis.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ a b "Members". GLOPID-R. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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