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Capacities for research and diagnosis in the Bandarban Sadar Hospital in the South of Bangladesh
Due to its deep poverty, Bangladesh is one of those countries suffering most from malaria and contagious diseases. Despite recent success in malaria control, there was a clear increase in the number of cases of malaria in Bangladesh over the past years. Especially the spread of resistances towards medication and the consequent increase in the failure of therapies as well as actual deaths have become a growing problem. In order to counteract these developments, Bangladesh is in urgent need of new, cost-efficient intervention strategies, based on current research results from the fields of resistances and epidemology. The project aims at carrying out a highly sensitive medication sensibility analysis. The analysis is based on the measuring of a histidine- and alanine-rich proteine, called Histidine-Rich Protein II (HRP2), which is produced by the Plasmodium Falciparum during growth and reproduction. The advantage of such an analysis is that no sophisticated laboratory infrastructure is required and that it is cheaper than most traditional analyses. The project aims are: 1. Support of research and generation of capacities for diagnosis through the improvement of the laboratory infrastructure, as well as the provision of experts and research expertise in the Bandarban Sadar Hospital; this fosters the development of a sustainable malaria-research institution in the Southeast of Bangladesh. 2. Introduction of new, cost-efficient intervention strategies which take local needs into consideration, which are sustainable and for which there is an urgent demand in Bangladesh. 3. Analysis of the current resistance situation, development of clinical tests with new, affordable and preferably locally producible treatment methods against Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Further informationen: Medical University Vienna Center for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh
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at Mittwoch, 11 November 2009 16:53by Jost Dämmgen Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
ich habe auf meinem Flug von Bangkok nach Dhaka einen Ihrer Mitarbeiter mit Namen Paul (Assistenszarzt) kennengelernt und von Ihrem Projekt gehört. Ich würde mich freuen den Kontakt auszubauen und könnte mir vorstellen, dass unsere Firma vielleicht als Sponsor auftreten könnte. Beste Grüße Jost Dämmgen » Post Comment
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