Deadline for submission: 30 July 2023, 5 pm (Thailand Time)

In the context of TDR’s overall activities on promoting and strengthening multisectoral approaches (MSAs) for the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases (VBDs), a partnership has been established with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), with a primary focus on VBDs. This partnership aims to refine and promote the capacity building on data sharing on vectors within the context of MSAs and to support the strengthening of health systems to better address infectious diseases in general and VBDs through joint TDR and GBIF efforts.

Access and sharing of data on vectors play a key role in breaking the transmission of many diseases, including those involving mosquitoes as vectors. The primary objective of this call is to support participants to a training workshop on how to prepare, clean and share open data on vectors. The training workshop will use the processes established by GBIF to share data and apply existing or new practical tools to support data sharing. Participants selected will be originating from the Low and Middle Income Countries. This call is in support of TDR and GBIF collaboration and will be co- managed by the two teams, in line with the Global Vector Control Response approved by WHA70 in 2017.

Under this call, about 10 participants will be selected for attendance to the TDR/GBIF training workshop, held from 24 to 25 November 2023 in Chiang Mai, and hosted as a side-event by the Asian-Pacific Conference on Mosquitoes and Vector Control, held in Chiang Mai from 27 to 30 November 2023.

For more information on how to apply and eligibility, click here