Southeast Asia—Clinical Research in Southeast Asia (CRSA)

Client: U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Duration: 2010-2011

Country: Regional

DAI helped Social & Scientific Systems (SSS) establish on-the-ground operations in Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. DAI provided administrative and management support services to facilitate clinical research under the multisite, multinational Southeast Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (SEA ICRN) and the multisite Indonesian clinical research network, which will conduct some of its research as part of the SEA ICRN.

Sample Activities

Provide in-country support services in logistics and information technology (IT) infrastructure, as well as ongoing operational support services, to the SSS staff and offices in the region.
Provide long-term staff in Indonesia to manage operations, IT, and logistics for all the regional offices.
Throughout the project, provide short-term operational support in these areas.

Zambia—Scaling Up Nutrition Technical Assistance (Zambia SUN TA)

DAI is supporting the Government of Zambia to reduce stunting among children under 2 years of age. The first phase of Zambia’s Scaling Up Nutrition program launched in 2011 and covered 14 districts; this phase will expand activities to 30 districts covering 7.1 million people, including 850,000 children under 2 and their mothers.