U.S. Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP)
The USMHRP has been the principal and founding partner of WRJHCP Program. A collaboration between the Walter Reed Army Institutes of Research and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, the USMHRP strives to develop effective vaccines to protect U.S. troops from infection and to bring the international proliferation of HIV under control. It also focuses on targeted surveillance, prevention and clinical studies. The USMHRP supported the HIV-1 diversity study, and is now supporting a cohort study to determine the incidence of HIV-1 in military, plantation and rural populations. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH)
JHSPH is the oldest and largest school of public health in the world. It has been educating public health professionals for almost a century to protect and improve the health of people around the world. The faculty and students conduct research in over 50 countries across a wide range of public health disciplines.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation seeks to bring innovations in health and learning to the global community. The foundation’s Global Health Program is focused on reducing global health inequities by accelerating the development, deployment and sustainability of health interventions that will save lives and dramatically reduce the disease burden in developing countries. The Gates Foundation supports our measles vaccine trial preparation. Fogarty International Center
The Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, promotes and supports scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health. Fogarty has supported postdoctoral trainingfor the WRJHCP in-country director, and is currently supporting his retrovirus emergence research as a new member of the Hopkins teaching faculty. Fogarty also funds the AITRP-Cameroon program. Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Center
Hopkins-AITRP, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is currently the largest and is among the oldest of the existing 23 NIH/Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program grant recipients. It is currently in its fourth five-year grant cycle. Hopkins-AITRP oversees the AITRP-Cameroon training program. Center for Immunization Research (CIR)
The CIR was established in 1985 to facilitate efforts to develop new vaccines and to expand research activities in vaccine development, evaluation and policy, both in the U.S. and in less-developed countries. Directed by Donald Burke, founder of WRJHCP, the CIR provides training as well as technical and administrative support for WRJHCP. Center for Army Health Research (CRESAR)
CRESAR was founded in 1999 as a partnership between the Cameroon Ministry of Defense, WRJHCP, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Project Presica of the French Research Institute for Development. With shared laboratory facilities, the center supports internationally collaborative health research. The center is directed by Colonel Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolle, a key figure in the development of WRJHCP. U.S. Peace Corps
The Peace Corps has three simple goals that comprise its mission: Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women; helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of people served; and helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans. Peace Corps-Cameroon currently has seven volunteersplaced in WRJHCP project villages and plantations. Care and Health Program (CHP)
CHP is a non-governmental agency that provides training and develops materials to promote HIV prevention activities in Cameroon. Experienced with USAID projects, CHP has been a vital source of support for international research conducted in the country during the past ten years. Alexis Boupda Kuate, director of CHP, works closely with WRJHCP in program management and HIV prevention. GEO-CENTERS
GEO-CENTERS is a science-based research company that provides research and product development services to government, businesses and academic institutions. For more than 25 years, GEO-CENTERS’ efforts have led to solutions that protect the public, the military, our communities and the environment. GEO-CENTERS supported the Life-Cameroon and Life-Central Africa HIV-prevention-in-the-military projects. Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)
Merck & Co., Inc. is a leading research-driven pharmaceutical products and services company. Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of innovative products to improve human and animal health, directly and through joint ventures. MRL supported an epidemiologic study in the preparation of an HIV vaccine candidate. Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI)
JHMRI is dedicated to the generation of basic knowledge on the malaria parasite, human host, mosquito vector and their interactions in order to provide the tools necessary for effective malaria treatment, prevention and control in the future. JHMRI supported the doctoral researchof Wanchung Hu. Consortium for Conservation Medicine
The Consortium for Conservation Medicine is a unique collaborative institution that strives to understand the link between anthropogenic environmental change, the health of all species, and the conservation of biodiversity. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a member of the consortium. The Consortium has supported visiting student researchersSally Umlauf and Kara Nygaard, and their work with the domestic animals and human disease study and the mammal sampling study. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
The IITA was founded in 1967 with a mandate for improving food production in the humid tropics and developing sustainable production systems. It became the first African link in the worldwide network of agricultural research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IITA is a collaborator in the ectoparasite and arbovirus study. Center for a Liveable Future (CLF)
The CLF at the School of Public Health supports research that focuses on the complex interactions between diet, health, food production and the environment. In addition, the CLF searches for practices that are equitable, environmentally sustainable and healthful for the rapidly growing world population. CLF supported the Central African forest hunting study. | 
