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  • Dr Gyapong at the executive meeting held in Bamako, Mali

 

 

 

 

"West African multidisciplinary collaboration to address the problems of infectious diseases of poverty."

About us

 

The Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty (IIDP/IRMP) is a consortium of Anglophone and Francophone West African Institutions with a mission to develop the infrastructure required for the production of the high quality interdisciplinary science necessary to address the problems of infectious diseases of poverty.

Expert academy

 

The International Academy of Experts is a group of prominent researchers in relevant areas of research and training who are interested in supporting the development of a centre of research excellence in West Africa.

Partners

 

Each partner institution is led by a Director with a strong individual track record in undertaking interdisciplinary research in resource-poor settings, and on most diseases of poverty. The Directors work with teams of approximately 5 research staff to undertake and supervise joint interdisciplinary IIDP/IRMP research.

Latest News

  • FOs from IIDP and Secretariat Staff
    FINANCIAL REPORTING SKILLS FOR ACCOUNTANTS IN SOUTHERN PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

    The aim of the workshop was to update the skills of the financial officers on the use of the PSR or Payment Spent Report accounting system, to meet Wellcome Trust requirements. Unfamiliarity with the requirement has led to the delay in presenting financial reports to the main sponsor of the IIDP consortium.

    14 June 2013
  • IIDP IN THE NEWS

    Poverty-related diseases are a major concern worldwide and several research initiatives have been put in place to help fight the scourge.

    09 September 2012
  • IIDP LAUDED FOR FORGING INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

    “Indeed we need to support each other in the sub-region to ensure that we are able to overcome these infectious diseases of poverty.”

    28 August 2012
An IIDP student at work in the laboratory

Training opportunities

3 MSc Fellowships in Infectious Diseases of Poverty at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana.