The Joint Malaria Programme (JMP) is a collaborative research programme established in 2001 by a Memorandum of Understanding involving four institutions of, School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Tumaini University, Tanzania and National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania. The main objectives of JMP include conducting collaborative research and training in Malaria; and to conduct basic and applied research leading to improved malaria control and management. JMP is also involved in strengthening of research capacity through infrastructural and development of human resource for health.The Joint Malaria Programme (JMP) is a collaborative research programme among the the three institutions of:
- Centre for translational Medicine and Parasitology(CMP), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania
- National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania.
In essence, JMP is an umbrella organisation that promotes and facilitates collaborative research on malaria between the member institutions. Under the JMP umbrella there are numerous research projects and programmes, involving a wide variety of external collaborators and funded from a variety of sources. The main purpose of JMP is thus to co-ordinate these different research programmes in a manner that preserves the academic freedom of the researchers whilst ensuring that there is no unnecessary competition for resources, repetition of research work or interference between projects. JMP also has a responsibility to maintain the integrity of the overall programme of the research, to liase with Tanzanian institutions and local communities, to maximise the opportunities for research capacity development and to lay down a framework within which the diverse array of projects can be managed most effectively.
