Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)

Accelerating the development of a malaria vaccine for Africa

Malaria remains an internationally leading cause of ill health and poverty. There is no efficacious vaccine available, and recent progress in malaria control is jeopardized by drug resistance, failing…
Ghana
antibody
malaria
vaccine development
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
University of Ghana, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathelogens, Ghana
University of Ghana, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
Total grant
9,998,894

Health and Antibiotics in Vietnamese Pig Production

Vietnam’s economy and population are growing rapidly. Production and consumption of animal products are increasing even faster. To manage pig diseases and increase meat production, farmers are turning…
Vietnam
antibiotics
food safety
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (KU)
Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Danish Pig Research Centre, Denmark
University of Copenhagen (KU), Faculty of Health Sciences (KU), Department of Public Health (KU), Global Health Section, Denmark
National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR), Veterinary Hygiene Department, Vietnam
National Institute of Nutrition (NIM), Department of Food Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Vietnam
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Vietnam
Total grant
4,999,418

Development of malaria vaccines

Malaria is responsible for an overwhelming disease burden and deployment of effective malaria vaccines would lead to major health gains, especially among most vulnerable groups: young children and…
Tanzania
children
malaria
maternal health
neonatal health
vaccine development
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Centre for Medical Parasitology (KU)
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre/Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University, Tanzania
Total grant
10,119,987
http://enreca.jmp.or.tz

Securing rural livelihoods through improved smallholder pig production in Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)

The SLIPP project aims to improve community food security in Mozambique and Tanzania by fostering optimal smallholder pig production model systems. The project is an extension of previous Danish…
Mozambique
Tanzania
small farms
animal health
food security
livelihoods
pig farming
productivity
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mozambique
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science and Production,Tanzania
Total grant
7,302,937
http://ivh.ku.dk/english/research/about_parasitology_and_aquatic…

Quality Medicine Use for Children in Uganda (ChildMed)

The overall objective is to contribute to improving the quality of medicine use for children in Uganda through multi-disciplinary research and to build capacity by research training. The research plan…
Uganda
children
evaluation
medicines
usage
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Pharmacy (KU)
Makerere University, Child Health and Development Center (CHDR), Uganda
University of Copenhagen, Department of Anthropology, Denmark
Total grant
11,394,872
http://childmed.ku.dk/

Operational research to support and enhance lymphatic filariasis control efforts in Eastern and Southern Africa

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disabling disease resulting from a mosquito-transmitted parasitic infection. It is one of the most prevalent of the Neglected Tropical Diseases, primarly a disease of…
Tanzania
Zambia
disease control
disease transmission
drug delivery systems
epidemiology
lymphatic filariasis
monitoring
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania
University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine, Zambia
Amani Medical Research Centre, Tanzania
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, USA
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Denmark
Total grant
10,289,993
http://www.lf-control.ku.dk/

Income Generation through Market Access and Improved Feed Utilization: Production of Quality Beef and Goat Meat (IGMAFU-Meat)

The objective of the project is to improve the research capacity within livestock production at Makerere University, Uganda and Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, - and at University of…
Tanzania
Uganda
slaughter weight
beef
beef cattle
fattening
feeds
goat meat
goats
income
marketing
meat quality
production
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Large Animal Science (KU)
Makerere University, Department of Animal Science, Uganda
Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, Uganda
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science and Production, Tanzania
University of Aarhus, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition Facilty of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food Science, Denmark
Total grant
7,624,137

Dynamics of parasitic helminth infections: Improved control practices through comparative studies in chickens

The main objective of this project is to create capacity in Nicaragua to study the dynamics of parasitic infections. Parasitic diseases are common in both man and livestock but current control…
Nicaragua
chickens
disease control
infections
parasitic helminths
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, UNAN-León, Nicaragua
MINSA, Nicaragua
Total grant
1,395,753

Sanitary Aspects of Drinking Water and Wastewater Reuse in Vietnam - SANIVAT

The project "Water supply, sanitation, hygiene promotion and health in Vietnam" (SANIVAT) has as its longterm objective to improve health and living conditions of the rural poor including ethnic…
Vietnam
No keywords specified
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
UC-HEALTH, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Denmark - UC-HEALTH, Department of International Health, Immunology, Microbiology, Denmark - Statens Serum Institute, Denmark
Total grant
9,400,835

Transforming smallholder livestock farms into profitable enterprises (Acronym: Livestock Enterprises).

Smallholder livestock is a potential driver of economic growth in Tanzania. This is recognized in the National Strategy for Livestock Development, the National Strategy for Growth and Poverty…
Tanzania
research
small farms
capacity building
livestock farming
profitability
training
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania
Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College,Tanzania
Total grant
4,077,480
http://ivs.ku.dk/english/research/veterinary_clinical_microbiolo…

Development of PfEMP1 based malaria vaccines

PfEMP1 are a class of parasite proteins expressed on the surface of Plamosium falciparum-infected erythrocytes, where they function as adhesion receptors interacting with a range of host tissue…
Tanzania
antigens
malaria
vaccine development
vaccines
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU)
Centre for Medical Parasitology (KU)
National Institute for Medical Research,Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College,Tanzania
Total grant
6,300,530
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