Emory-Georgia TB Research Training Program
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Funding Fogarty Program
Global Infectious Diseases (GID)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Emory-Georgia TB Research Training Program
Principal Institution
Emory University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Blumberg, Henry M; Tukvadze, Nestani
Project Contact Information
HBLUMBE@EMORY.EDU
Year(s) Awarded
2004-2027
Country
Georgia
Collaborators
National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases/National TB Program (Georgia), National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (Georgia)
NIH Partners
NIAID
Project Description
Tuberculosis (TB) is an enormous global public health problem and has emerged as a public health emergency in the independent country of Georgia due to high rates of drug-resistant TB. The Emory-Georgia TB Research Training Program (EGTB-RTP) aims to enhance TB-related research capacity in Georgia through research training of young Georgian investigators with great potential. Such efforts should result in building sustainable capacity to carry out internationally recognized TB-related research in Georgia and enhance the public health infrastructure for TB control in Georgia.
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