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Objects and Objectives of the Evaluation 
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Ghana, the 
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and the Zambia University Teaching 
Hospital (UTH) have been selected as evaluation targets of Japan’s cooperation in the 
field of infectious disease control in Africa and their respective series of cooperation 
activities are evaluated here.    In the process of the evaluation study, the outcomes of 
research on infectious diseases by the institutes and the ripple effects in the field of 
public health are examined in comparison with the positioning, functions and 
expected roles of the institutes in order to derive recommendations for project 
planning and implementation. 
The evaluation questions are as follows. 
 
  “How do the research institutes function and what ripple effects have they brought 
to the field of public health in comparison with the positioning and functions of the 
institutes under the health sector of the target countries and neighbouring countries 
through Japanese cooperation with representative research institutes for 
communicable diseases control in Africa?”     
“In addition, how should the institutes be positioned and how should they fulfil their 
role in infectious diseases control in the health sector of the target countries?”