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Table 4.9    Number of TCTP Participants in PVD 
Unit: Person
 
Vaccine Potency Testing and Polio Diagnosis 
Procedures 
Laboratory Diagnosis of 
Yellow Fever and Other EPI 
Viral Diseases 
 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Sub-total 1997 1998 1999 Sub-total
Cameroon 1 
0 
0
0
1
0
2
1
1 0 
2
D. C. Congo 
0 
0 
1
1
0
0
2
0
0 0 
0
Ethiopia 1 
1 
0
0
0
1
3
0
1 2 
3
Gambia 1 
0 
1
0
0
0
2
2
0 0 
2
Ghana 3 
2 
2
2
1
2
12
2
1 2 
5
Kenya 1 
1 
1
1
2
2
8
1
1 1 
3
Nigeria 1 
3 
3
3
1
2
13
2
2 3 
7
South Africa 
0 
0 
0
0
2
1
3
0
0 0 
0
Tanzania 0 
1 
1
1
2
0
5
0
1 1 
2
Uganda 1 
1 
1
1
1
2
7
1
2 2 
5
Zambia 0 
2 
1
1
1
1
6
0
1 1 
2
Zimbabwe 2 
1 
1
2
1
1
8
1
0 0 
1
Total 
11 12 12
12
12
12
71
10
10 12 
32
Note: 
The training course in 1991 was held by WHO without JICA assistance.   
Prepared by the investigation team based on the data provided by the NMIMR 
 
The TCTP on “Vaccine Potency Testing and Polio-related Diagnosis Procedures” and 
“Laboratory Diagnosis of Yellow Fever and Polio infection” were held in 
collaboration with WHO.    According to a WHO evaluation study on training in 1995, 
the majority of the opinions of the participants was that the main objectives of the 
courses were met, and the curriculum level was appropriate.  This study also reported 

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that participants from five countries out of the nine utilised the trained techniques in 
their countries.   
The NMIMR contributed to improving the laboratory diagnosis of polio in 
neighbouring countries by implementing the TCTP.    WHO also sees this training as 
being successful and it established a new training course for French-speaking countries 
in central Africa.     
The NMIMR also held a training course on laboratory diagnosis procedures for polio 
in 2000, after the termination of JICA’s assistance to the TCTP on EPI in 1999.    In 
this training, there were 12 participants from the WHO EPI African Laboratory 
Network, excluding Ghana.  For this training, JICA only assisted in providing 
equipment.  
As a training institute, the NMIMR continuously contributes to technical improvement 
in the neighbouring countries after the termination of JICA’s assistance to TCTP on 
EPI.