History
The Tropical Disease Foundation (Foundation) is a private, non-stock, non-profit organization founded in 1984 by a group of physicians. It is supported by research grants, donations and endowments. Its objective is to undertake researches and provide training and service in the control and management of tropical infectious diseases. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed with the Makati Medical Center (MMC) in 1987 with Dr. Constantino P. Manahan as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation at the MMC. The current chairman of the Board is Ambassador Bienvenido Tan. From 1987 to date, the Honorary Chairman of its International Advisory Board is Dr. Calvin M. Kunin. Members of the International Advisory Committee include Dr. Sistla Radhakrishna, Dr. Sang Jae Kim, and Dr. Jose Luis Castro.
The Foundation has been able to establish its research laboratory through grants and through the generosity of donors and friends. The Foundation has been able to pursue its activities in educational and research programs since its establishment. Notable among these were the community-based prospective studies on Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the 1997 National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey (NTPS) undertaken on behalf of the Department of Health(DOH). For the latter project, the TDF was given the 2000 Outstanding Health Research Award. This also initiated the close collaboration between the TDF and the National TB Control Program of the Department of Health through the initiation of the DOTS Clinic at the Makati Medical Center. This private-public collaboration provides free service in the management of TB patients and was the first DOTS-Plus pilot project approved by the WHO Green Light Committee for the management of multi-drug resistant TB.
Posted by admin on September 25th, 2009 under TDF PR