Period: 2024 - 2028

ObjectiveTo strengthen capacities, mobilize knowledge, and connect excellence in health research through collaboration among the consortium's institutions, within the framework of the global initiative The Global Health Network. Specific activities include: establishing a regional coordination center; promoting the TGHN LAC network in participating countries; mapping research groups, centers, and institutions in the region; facilitating training initiatives; and collaborating on new funding proposals for joint research.

Researchers:
IECS is part of the consortium along with:
The Global Health Network (TGHN), University of Oxford — Dr. Erica Ballabio
IECS — Dr. Andrés Pichon-Riviere (Director General)
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ, Brazil) — Dr. Cristiani Vieira Machado
University of Valle (Colombia) — Dr. Guillermo Murillo Vargas
Etikos Foundation (Dominican Republic) — Dr. Julio Arturo Canario Guzmán
Antonio Vidal Institute of Infectious Diseases and Parasitology (Honduras) — Dr. Jackeline Alger
Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (Peru) — Dr. Carlos Fernando Cáceres Palacios

Financing

Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom)

Type of study

Consortium/institutional cooperation network for strengthening health research capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean.