Successful applications 2000

Six awards, totalling £5.6 million, were made in the final competition. These awards have supported research in countries throughout Africa, South America and Asia, covering some of the major public health problems in the developing world, including tuberculosis, malnutrition and diarrhoea.

Principal applicant: Professor J J Ellner, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA
Programme: Strategies for the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
Main location of research: Kampala, Uganda

Principal applicant: Professor M K Estes, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Programme: Correlates of protection against rotaviral gastroenteritis in children in Vellore, India
Main location of research: Vellore, India

Principal applicant: Professor R H Gilman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Programme: New insights in the epidemiology and control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis
Main location of research: Peru

Principal applicant: Dr R J Stoltzfus, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Programme: Effects of intestinal helminth infection in early childhood on immune response, inflammation, anaemia and malnutrition
Main location of research: Zanzibar

Principal applicant: Professor B S Ramakrishna, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
Programme: Comprehensive studies of a new improved oral rehydration solution for diarrhoeal disease
Main location of research: Vellore, India

Principal applicant: Professor M Santosham, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Programme: Etiology, prevention and treatment of neonatal infections in the community
Main location of research: Bangladesh