Thailand Major Overseas Programme core grant renewal 2015-2020. (360G-Wellcome-106698_B_14_Z)

The mission of the Wellcome Trust Thailand Major Overseas Programme is to carry out targetedclinical and public health investigations, using the best science, to provide appropriate andaffordable interventions which produce measurable improvements in the health of resource-poorpopulations in the tropics. Over the past 35 years the Programme has built substantial clinicaland laboratory research capabilities, deployed across a well-integrated network of strategicallyplaced permanent study sites and research units in seven countries across Asia and Africa. Wewill use this expertise and research capacity to tackle the epidemiology, diagnosis,pathophysiology, treatment, prevention, and, in the case of malaria, elimination of thoseunderstudied infectious and nutritional diseases that cause significant morbidity and mortality inthe populous rural tropics. In doing so we will strengthen local research capacity, a majorobjective of the programme, and build lasting south-south research collaborations with ourpartners across the developing world. We will inform health policy, change clinical practice, andmake a global impact on mortality from tropical infectious disease.