Strengthening the Operational Research Capacity of National Tuberculosis Control Programs: Necessity or Luxury?

Affiliations

Rony Zachariah: United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Olga Goncharova: National Center of Phthisiology, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan
Chynara Kamarli: United States Agency for International Development, 171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016, Kyrgyzstan
Timur Bazikov: United States Agency for International Development, 171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016, Kyrgyzstan
Sevim Ahmedov: United States Agency for International Development, TB/HIV, Prevention and M&E Team Lead, Bureau for Global Health, TB Division, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Kudaibergen Osmonaliev: Faculty of Medicine, Ala-Too International University, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan
Anthony D. Harries: International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2 Rue Jean Lantier, 75001 Paris, France
Hayk Davtyan: Tuberculosis Research and Prevention Center NGO, Yerevan 0014, Armenia
Pruthu Thekkur: International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2 Rue Jean Lantier, 75001 Paris, France
Gulmira Kalmambetova: Department of Strategic Development and International Cooperation, TB National Reference Laboratory, 90a Akhunbaeva Str., Bishkek 720075, Kyrgyzstan
Abdullaat Kadyrov: National Center of Phthisiology, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

‘How to get research into practice: first get practice into research [...]