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Let me wipe your tears and touch your heart…

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HIV Testing for life…HIV testing for all tuberculosis patients

HIV Testing for life…HIV testing for all tuberculosis patients

 

Knowledge…Hope…Strength for Curing TB

Knowledge…Hope…Strength

for Curing TB

 
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Research

1. Implementing and coordinating research and program activities in Chiang Rai

THRF implements and coordinates the following research projects and programs in Chiang Rai (updated – October 2011)

 

Year

Topic

Collaborating partners/Funding

1995 -

Provincial TB –DST and TB/HIV surveillance

-The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association  (RIT/JATA)

-Chiang Rai Provincial Health Office (CPHO)

-Chiang Rai Regional Hospital (CRH)

2002 - 2012

HIV Cohort Study

- RIT/JATA

- Mae Chan Hospital

- CPHO

2003 -

Identification of Tuberculosis susceptibility genes, immunology and environmental risks associated with tuberculosis recurrence and failure of tuberculosis treatment after standard short course chemotherapy

-Medical Genetic Section, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health Thailand in collaboration with University of Tokyo

-Fukujuji Hospital

2009 -

Engaging  women organizations in supporting poor TB and TB/HIV patients

-Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA)

-CRH

-Women organizations in Chiang Rai

2009 –

Center for sharing to TB and TB/HIV patients: -- poverty screening and financial support

-JATA

-CRH

2009 -

Community TB care: Engaging community and local administration for TB care and control

-JATA

-Mae Korn Local administration and Nong Kaew Hilltribe Community.

-Hong-Aor community

2010-2012

Impact of Weight change in HIV positive and HIV negative TB patients, Chiang Rai, Thailand

-Fukujuji Hospital in collaboration with Univeristy of Tokyo

-CRH

2010 - 2013

Improvement of Diagnosis with using Urine test of detecting DNA fragments of M Tuberculosis

-RIT/JATA

-Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

-CRH

2010 -

Introduction of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay to Chiang Rai, highly TB/HIV Prevalence Area of Thailand

-CRH

-RIT/JATA

2011-2012

Pre Antiretroviral therapy Care in Chiang Rai, Thailand

-National Center for Global Medicine and Health (NCGM) Japan

-RIT/JATA

2010-

Functional Study of the TB-associated Genes in Thai Population

-Medical Genetic Section, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

- RIT/JATA and Fukujuji Hospital

2010 -

Development and validation of MODS image-analytical automated system for TB diagnosis via sputum culture

Department of Public Health Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Alberta

2011-

TB Host  Pathogen Study

- Biotech Thailand and NIH, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand in collaboration with the University of Tokyo

- Fukujuji Hospital

2011-

Intervention Trial on Prevention of Lifestyle Related Diseases in Muang District, Chiang Rai Thailand

-Juntendo University, Japan

-Hyogo College of medicine, Japan

-National Institute of Health, Japan

-CRH

2011-

Validation of Geno-Scholar tests for rapid identification an drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis using cultures isolates and sputum of TB patients in Thailand

- CRH
- Medical Genetic Section, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health,

- Bureau of Tuberculosis, Department of Disease Control, MOPH