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- Special Program for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (I)
Special Program for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (I)
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Health |
Approved | 24.02.1984 |
Signed | 24.02.1984 |
Loan Administrator | United Nations Development Program |
Organization | UNDP |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.69 |
The first grant was allocated to cofinance an on-going program of research related to six major tropical diseases; malaria, leprosy, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, filariasis and trypanosomiasis, with particular emphasis on leprosy control. The whole program was jointly sponsored by UNDP/World Bank/WHO and funded by 43 countries.