The First External Review

Overview

The First External Review is part of the JCB 5 report.

At the its December 1980 meeting, the Joint Coordinating Board of the UNDP/World Bank/ WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR Programmes) established an External Review Committee to review the first five years of the Programme's operations.

The Committee met for the first time in April 1981; it met three more times and completed its report in April 1982. It met with key persons responsible for the programme, including the Director-General, WHO, members of the Standing Committee, the Programme Director, and others; it interviewed persons knowledgeable about tropical diseases, both those associated and those not associated with the Programme, it solicited responses to a list of questions circulated to members of the Joint Coordinating Board and to scientists familiar with the Programme; and members of the Committee visited institutions concerned with tropical diseases in both industrialized and developing countries. The Committee considers that these activities provided sufficient information on which to base broad conclusions about the Programme during its first five years and recommendations for its second five years.