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Functions of Research Institutes for Communicable Diseases in Developed Countries 
Before examining the functions and role of the target institutes, those of the 
following research institutes for infectious diseases control in developed countries 
were analyzed as examples: NIID, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in 
Japan, CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, 
and CDSC, the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in the United 
Kingdom.    As a result of this analysis, the functions of the research institutes can 
be identified in relation to the three aspects of 1) Research, 2) Human Resources 

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Development, and 3) Contribution to Health Services.     
In the evaluation study, the functions and roles of the three research institutes in 
Ghana, Kenya and Zambia were analyzed based on the functions of research 
institutes in these developed countries in terms of research, human resources 
development, and contribution to health services (surveillance, reference, national 
control and other tests and research on medical materials) were utilized as the 
framework for the analysis.