Center for Tropical Medicine (CTM)
Universitas Gadjah Mada

Background
Infectious diseases are still major problems in tropical countries like Indonesia, in which the mortality and morbidity rates are still high. Other tropical diseases also continuously remain public health problems. Attempts, therefore, have been made not only to widely eradicate the diseases, but also to develop strategies in prevention and management of the diseases.

It is unfortunately, however, that human resources available for these particular diseases are very limited. In Indonesia, training programs on tropical medicine is lacking, and until now no graduate institution focusing on tropical medicine is available. The need for graduate institution in tropical medicine is, therefore, mandatory to meet our national health policies. It is expected in the future that many experts in tropical medicine will be widely available in most government and private universities or institutions to bring their expertise to their own institution. These experts will also be valuable for the Ministry of Health to overcome the tropical health problems in Indonesia.

The Center for Tropical Medicine, Gadjah Mada University has been developed to address the tropical health problems of individuals and population, and the concomitant health care delivery issues through its programmatic approach to graduate education, research and technology that directly support human resources development in Indonesia related to tropical medicine.
Vision
Center for Tropical Medicine GMU is established to be a national and international Center of Excellence in education, research, technology and community services on tropical medicine.

Mission
The primary mission of the center for Tropical Medicine is to strengthen the capacity of human resources infrastructure by improving the quality of staff members in education, research, and technology related to national problems on tropical diseases.

Objectives
The Center for Tropical Medicine, Gadjah Mada University has been developed for the following objectives:

1. to increase the relevance and effectiveness of medical education, research, and technology with the primarily national health problems related to tropical diseases

2. to improve the quality of education and research activities by involving graduate students and staffs in seminars, symposiums, workshops, and guest lectures related to tropical medicine, nationally as well as internationally

3. to carry out at Graduate Study Program in Tropical Medicine

4. to strengthen the capacity of the staff member in conducting integrated university research by improving and optimizing journals, books, and laboratory facilities,

5. to improve the quality and quantity of staffs in graduate education, research, and technology related to tropical medicine by increasing the member of staffs to take PhD courses at the outstanding international centers or institutions related to tropical diseases, and to strengthen national and international linkages program.