HOW CAN COLLABORATING CENTRES, CONSORTIA OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF VPH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?
Dr Joshi (contribution #2) recommended that specific VPH problems requiring research be developed by Universities (both within country and foreign) in conjunction with NGOs in DC. Then apply to potential donors for funding. Once a project is funded, then faculty and students from the University can work together with locals. He cited the example of his own country (Nepal) where projects involving Tufts, Washington State, and Colorado State and Guelph Universities from North America have been undertaken. Dr J. Zinsstag (contribution # 28) suggested that developing close North-South research partnerships, linking researchers from the South with research groups in the North, for short technical stays in the North without disrupting social and institutional ties in their own country is optimum. In this way researchers in remote places with poor infrastructure foster their own work for their own country. Dr M. Kachani (contribution #41) identified the following areas where collaborating cen
