| Organization name: | Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT/JATA) |
| Organization type: | NGO - International TB |
| Website: | http://www.jata.or.jp/eindex/home.htm |
| Description: | JATA was established in 1939 after a special decree from Her Imperial Majesty the Empress. In the same year, as one of the facilities of JATA, the Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT) was founded. RIT is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre for TB research and training and was appointed as a "WHO Supra National Reference Laboratory." It is a semi-national institute with the mission of promoting an effective nationwide tuberculosis (TB) program through basic and applied research, training and education, program support and international cooperation.
Besides carrying out domestic training courses, RIT has been conducting international group-training courses and since 1963 has trained 2,082 professionals from 97 countries. Currently RIT/JATA is providing technical assistance and program support to TB control in several countries including Zambia, Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.
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| Contact name: | Dr Norio Yamada - Ms Toko Kubota |
| Contact email: | nyamada@jata.or.jp; tkubota@jatahq.org |
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| Technical focus area(s): |
Monitoring, Evaluation and Surveillance (M&E)
Operational Research
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| Current projects with TB component: | strengthening of NTP management, TB laboratory, research activities, prevalence survey, human resource trainings, community participation, Improving radiography. |
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| Countries with TB-related work currently underway: |
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Ghana
Indonesia
Myanmar
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand
Zambia
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| List of countries in which you have offices: |
Cambodia
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand
Zambia
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| Illustrative list of TA providers and areas of expertise: | Dr. Norio Yamada, Dr.Akira Shimouchi, Dr.Seiya Kato, Dr.Akhiro Ohkado (TB control/operational research), Dr. Satoshi Mitarai(TB Bacteriology/laboratory), Ms Matsumoto(TB laboratory), Ms Akiko Fujiki(TB laboratory), Dr.Jintana Yanai (Behaviour Science/sociological study), Mr. Uchimura(statistics/epidemiology), |
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| Date created: | 12 October 2009 9:30 |
| Date last modified: | 1 June 2012 10:30 |
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