ENRECA: Successful Projects on Malaria Research Capacity Building in Ghana, Tanzania and Sudan

Bente Ils�e, ENRECA
2001-06-04

Find out more about projects designed to increase the capacity for sustainable research in Africa.

The following project information was shared with us on AFRO-NETS on June 12, 2001:

�In Danida [Danish International Development Agency], within the ENRECA [Enhancing Research Capacity in Developing Countries] program, we have accumulated ten years of experience with successful research capacity building carried out as partnerships between Danish and local groups of researchers. Among the ENRECA projects are four very successful projects concerning malaria research capacity building in Ghana, Tanzania and Sudan.� -Bente Ils�e, Head of the ENRECA program

According to the ENRECA web site, the purpose of the Ghana project is to �increase the capacity for sustainable malaria research in Ghana at an internationally competitive level, through the training of Ghanaian scientists up to the Ph.D. level, and through supplementary training of Ghanaian technical staff.�

The Tanzania project aims at �contributing to capacity building at research institutions in Tanzania to enable Tanzanian researchers to take equal part in international and local research.�

Meanwhile, the Sudan project has fostered an �excellent research collaboration within the area of malaria and leishmaniasis, a high level of productivity in terms of published papers, and other activities.�

For more information about ENRECA and its projects, please visit
http://www.pubhealth.ku.dk/enrecahealth

In addition, you may read the recent evaluation report at:
http://www.evaluation.dk [under "Enhancing Research Capacity in Developing Countries, ENRECA, vol. 1-2 (2000/5)"]