International Scientific and Funding Partners
UNZA-UCLMS has created important international collaborations between academia, health care providers, communities funders and industry and effectively closely aligning capacity development and training activities with high quality research programs. We have now networked across all continents, with 40 countries and over 70 institutions conducting multidisciplinary collaborative research on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major infectious diseases affecting adults and children.
Africa and the Middle East
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project/s |
| Cameroon | Eric Achidi Véronique Penlap Beng Jude Bigoga Joseph Kamgno Palmer Masumbe Netongo | University of Buea University of Yaoundé | CANTAM2 |
| Congo | Francine Ntoumi Felix KoukouIkila-Kousounda | Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale | TARD/TRIVIA CANTAM2 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Gaston Tona Lutete Gauthier Mesia Kahunu | University of Kinshasa – Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit | CANTAM2 |
| Ethiopia | Abraham Aseffa Getnet Yimer | Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Adaba Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences. University of Addis Adaba | VACSEL + VACSIS TB HAART |
| Equatorial Guinea | CANTAM2 | ||
| Gabon | Afsatou Ndama Traore Abraham Alabi Ayola Akim Adegnika Marielle Bouyou-Akotet Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki Parfait Awono-Ambene | Albert Schweitzer hospital, Lambaréné Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambarene, Lamberene (AA) Centre Internationale de Recherche Medicales de Franceville (CIRMF) Faculté de Médicine, Université des Sciences de la Santé Libreville Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC) | PZA HDT-NETCANTAM2 |
| Gambia | Roger Brookes Richard Adegbola Sara Burl | Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul | VACSIS + VACSEL |
| Ghana | Richard Odame Phillips Dorothy Yeboah-Manu | School of Medical Sciences, KNUST/KATH, KumasiNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra | Pandora-ID-NET |
| Kenya | Jeremiah Chakaya | National Tuberculosis Control Program, Nairobi | STAG |
| Madagascar | Voahangy Rosolofo | Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo | VACSEL |
| Malawi | Felix Salaniponi | National Tuberculosis Control Program, Lillongwe | Equi-TB |
| Mozambique | Sofia Omar Viegas | National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo | PZA |
| Nigeria | Oliver Ezechi | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos | TB HAART |
| Saudi Arabia | Ziad Memish | Ministry of Health, Riyadh | MGM |
| South Africa | Keertan Dheda Cathy Connolly Roxana Rustomjee Nalini Singh Nesri Padayachin Thomas Nyirenda Robert Wallis Gavin Churchyard Rajhmun Madansein Andrie Steyn Gita Ramjee Photini Kiepiela Ian Sanne Neil Martinson Robert Wilkinson Bongani Mayosi Jimmy Volmink Jean Nachega Glaudina Loots | University of Cape Town (UCT) Lung Institute SA-Medical Research Council, Cape Town. (RR) Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban. (NS) Centre for AIDS Prevention Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), SAMRC CAPRISA HIV – TB pathogenesis and treatment research unit, Durban. (NP) EDCTP, Cape Town. (TN) Aurum Institute, Johannesburg. (RSW, GC) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of KwaZulu Natal (RM) KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis & HIV, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, K-RITH Tower Building, Durban. (AS) SA-Medical Research Council, HIV Prevn Res Unit, Durban. (GR, PK) SA-Medical Research Council, Durban (CC) University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. (IS) Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto. (NM) Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town. (RW) Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town. (BMM) Stellenbosch University (JV, JN) EDCTP South Africa Representative. (GL) | TB NEAT TB HAART HDT-NET |
| Sierra Leone | Rashid Ansumana | Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Kulanda Town, Bo | |
| Tanzania | Nyanda Ntinginya Petra Clowes Gibson Kibiki Sayoki Mfinanga Beatrice mutayoba | NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Programme NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Programme KCRC – Tumaini University, Moshi NIMR – Muhimbili NIMR – Muhimbili | PZA ADAT, REMOX, PANACEA PZA TB HAART TB HAART |
| Uganda | Bruce Kirenga Moses Joloba Cathy Magezi | Makerere University teaching Hospital, Kapmala MoH Labs, Kampala Makerere University teaching Hospital, Kapmala | TB HAART TB HAART TB HAART |
| Zambia | Matthew Bates Moses Chilufya Aaron Shibemba Nathan Kapata Chishala Chabala Edgar Simulundu Victor Mukonka | HerpeZ Zambian Ministry of Health Zambia Institute for Public Health Reserach (ZIPHR) University of Zambia School of Veterinary Medicine | PANDORA-ID-NET CANTAM2 |
| Zimbabwe | Lynn Zijenah | University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences/Biomedical Training and Research Institute | TB NEAT |
Europe
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project/s |
| Belarus | Alena Skrahin Raija Ahmed | The Research Institute of Pulmonology & Tuberculosis, MinsK | |
| Finland | Antii Ojala | Mobidiag, Helsinki | Rid-RTI |
| France | Antione Andremont Clause Weisbuch Brigitte Chiquel Michel Cot | AssistancePublique-Hôpitaux deParis (APHP), Paris Genewave SAS(GW), Paris Institute Pasteure, Paris Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) | Rid-RTI |
| Germany | Michael Hoelscher Stefan Neimann Andrea Rachow | University of Munich | ADAT, TB NEAT, PZA, REMOX, PANACEA |
| Netherlands | Martin Grobush Martin Johan Boeree | University of Amsterdam Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre | TB NEAT TB NEAT, PZA |
| Ireland | Thomas Barry | National University of Ireland, Galway | Rid-RTI |
| Italy | Enrico Girardi Daniela Maria Cirillo | Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, Rome Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Milan | TrDNA PZA |
| Sweden | Marcus Maurer | Karolinska Institutet | TB NEAT |
| Switzerland | Philip Onyebujoh, Giorgio Roscigno, | WHO-TDR, Geneva FIND, Geneva | M.vaccae TrDNA |
| United Kingdom | Anthony Costello Bertie Squire Graham Rook Janet Darbyshire Kunda Musonda Sebastian Lucas Stephen Gillespie Ursula Gompels Timothy McHugh Sarah Edwards Vanya Gant Aziz Sheikh Matt Oliver Gill Craig Farida Fortune Tumena Corrah Robert Wilkinson Shabbar Jaffar Paul Elkington | University of Lincoln, Lincoln Institute of Child Health, University College London (AC) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool. (BS, GR) St Thomas’s, Guys and King’s Medical School, London (SL) University of St Andrews, St Andrews. (SG) Center for Clinical Microbiology (TMc), Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. (SE) UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London. (AZ, VG) Centre of Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. (AS) Results UK and APPG-GTB, London. (MO) School of Health Sciences, City University London. (GC) Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London (FF) Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London. (TC) Francis Crick Institute Mill Hill Laboratory, London. (RJW) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. (SJ, UG, KM) University of Southampton. (PE) | TORCH, HHV-6 Studies Autopsy Studies PZA, REMOXTORCH, HHV-6 Studies HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET Rid-RTI HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET HDT-NET |
North America
| Country | Collaborators | Project | Institution |
| USA | Dharam Ablashi Kristen Loomis Hannah Wexner Omar Siddiqi Kirk Kimmerling David Bearden | HHV-6 Studies + K21/K18 HHV-6 Studies CHANCE TBM & HHV-6 Studies K21/K18Neonatal meningitis | HHV-6 Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA HHV-6 Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA Kids Here & There, Columbus, OH Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Kimmerling Holdings GroupChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn State University |
Asia & Australasia
| Country | Collaborator/s | Institution | Project |
| Australia | Ben Marais Deborah Zion | University of Sidney University of Melbourne | TB HAART |
| China | Shenglan Tang Qin ning Tie Chen | Duke Global Health Institute Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan | Equi-TB, TBA TBA |
| Hong Kong | Bob Taylor | British Red Cross | Equi-TB |
| Japan | Yoshizo Asano Tetsushi Yoshikawa | Fujita Health University Fujita Health University | HHV-6 Studies |
| Vietnam | Bob Taylor | British Red Cross | Equi-TB |