Strengthening the Operational Research Capacity of National Tuberculosis Control Programs: Necessity or Luxury?

Affiliations

¹ United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
² National Center of Phthisiology, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan.
³ United States Agency for International Development, 171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016, Kyrgyzstan.
⁴ United States Agency for International Development, TB/HIV, Prevention and M&E Team Lead, Bureau for Global Health, TB Division, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Ala-Too International University, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan.
⁶ International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2 Rue Jean Lantier, 75001 Paris, France.
⁷ Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
⁸ Tuberculosis Research and Prevention Center NGO, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
⁹ Department of Strategic Development and International Cooperation, TB National Reference Laboratory, 90a Akhunbaeva Str., Bishkek 720075, Kyrgyzstan.

Editorial

Rony Zachariah et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 25;8(7):339.

doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8070339.

¹ United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
² National Center of Phthisiology, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan.
³ United States Agency for International Development, 171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016, Kyrgyzstan.
⁴ United States Agency for International Development, TB/HIV, Prevention and M&E Team Lead, Bureau for Global Health, TB Division, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Ala-Too International University, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan.
⁶ International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2 Rue Jean Lantier, 75001 Paris, France.
⁷ Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
⁸ Tuberculosis Research and Prevention Center NGO, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
⁹ Department of Strategic Development and International Cooperation, TB National Reference Laboratory, 90a Akhunbaeva Str., Bishkek 720075, Kyrgyzstan.

Abstract

'How to get research into practice: first get practice into research [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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