TropIKA.net (Tropical Disease Rese …
TropIKA.net (Tropical Disease Research to foster Innovation and Knowledge Application) was created as a global knowledge management electronic portal to share essential information and to facilitate identification of priority needs and major research gaps in the field of infectious diseases of poverty. This website also provides funding opportunities for researchers of tropical diseases.
TropIKA.net is a web-based platform for the acquisition, review and sharing of current information and knowledge on:
- Public health research needs and scientific opportunities
- Research-based evidence in support of control and policy
- High profile research activities and control projects
- International research funding and support opportunities
- Potential innovations for interventions and control of infectious diseases of poverty.
The Primary goals of TropIKA.net are to
- Present up-to-date content in a context that makes sense for health researchers and policy makers
- Improve access to scientific information on infectious diseases of poverty
- Facilitate broad-based participation of disease-endemic countries in discussions and the formulation of current and emerging research priorities and agenda setting
- Provide health researchers and decision makers with a comprehensive resource about best practices and authoritative summaries of research findings that have implications for their efforts to meet the challenges of infectious disease control.
- Be used as an interactive knowledge platform for infectious diseases of poverty at health forums