What Is The CDPC?
The Combat Diseases of Poverty Consortium represents a unique cluster of scientific, academic and NGO professional expertise, along with partners in the private sector, working together to build educational capacities for combating diseases of poverty, with the initial focus on east Africa.
The three strands of the programme cover:
- A programme of trainer training and exchanges between Ireland and East Africa.
- Dissemination of information on global health and development to the broader public, focusing on secondary school teachers and transition year students.
- A Speakers Series and Master Class Seminars directed at Third and Fourth Level Institutes in Ireland featuring world-class researchers with expertise in global health and development.
Led by the Department of Anthropology and the Institute of Immunology of NUIM, the Consortium was awarded €1.44 million from Irish Aid under the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes , 2007-2011.
