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4.3.1
 
Contribution According to Each Disease 
(1)
 
Vaccines/Vaccine Preventable Diseases   
Techniques for EPI diseases diagnosis and vaccine potency tests were transferred to 
the NMIMR from the initial stage of JICA’s cooperation.    Then the NMIMR started 
its research activities using the transferred techniques in collaboration with WHO from 
1986.   
The NMIMR contributed to improving the health services through the evaluation of 
cold chains for EIP vaccine transportation and also as a regional reference laboratory 
using techniques that the NMIMR acquired from JICA projects.  In addition, the 
NMIMR also contributed to improving the EPI techniques in neighbouring countries 
as a training institute.