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The Global Alliance for Chronic Disease welcomes Mexico The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán have joined the GACD as board members.
“We are delighted to welcome Mexico, our first Latin American partners to the GACD. Their involvement in joint funding activities and research will bring key strategic and localised knowledge to the table and enhance the diversity and outcomes of our global health research projects enormously,” says Dr Xuetao Cao. Chair, GACD.
Dr Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios, Director of the Mexico’s National Institutes of Health, expressed their country’s hopes for future collaborations. “It is a pleasure for the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán to accept membership to be part of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD); we are very excited for the future and look forward to using our capacity for quality research and for obtaining superior results along with other members.”
Mexico now becomes the GACD’s ninth international member agency to be involved in joint funding activities into NCD related diseases.
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