SOURCE OF FUNDS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/TITLE

STATUS

National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI), USA

Epidemiology of Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus in Trinidad and the Caribbean Region

One-year extension until January 2000 received.

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada

Hospital-based Injury Surveillance

Application made to IDRC for extension until May 2000.

Netherlands Leprosy Relief Association (NSL)

Support for Leprosy Control

No-cost extension approved.

Government of the Federal Republic of Germany executing through the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

AIDS Control in the Caribbean

Project ends in fourth quarter of 1999. A second phase in being discussed.

French Technical Cooperation (FTC)

Reduction of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Caribbean

Project ends in fourth quarter of 1999. A second phase in being discussed.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

CAREC HIV/AIDS Project

Project ends October 2000.

Programme, USA

Physician-based Sentinel Surveillance System for Emerging Health and Disease Problems in the Caribbean

Two-year project began in June 1998.

Department for International Development (DFID), UK

Prevention and Control of AIDS and STDs in the Caribbean.

Three-year project began in September 1998.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USA

Development of Distance Learning System for the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) to Deliver Laboratory Training.

Pilot project completed in 1998.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

assistance and equipment

Centers for Disease Control And Prevention (CDC)

Study of S. Enteriditis

Ongoing