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The poor and vulnerable through more effective communicable disease control. The Consortium is based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and supports projects in more than 17 countries, with main partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Europe. Currently in its fifth year of research, TARGETS continues to produce key evidence to support public health policy and practice at district, national and international level. What We Do Our focus is on the world& 39;s "killer diseases" such as Malaria, TB and HIV AIDS. The effective control of these diseases is an essential step towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). TARGETS provides a technical and information resource for disease control efforts, identifying barriers to scaling& 45;up, and developing new tools and strategies for overcoming constraints. Our research reaches key stakeholders in communicable disease control, ranging from front-line workers and community health councils, District He
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