Welcome to the Global Alliance for Rapid Diagnostics (GARD)!
We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from around the world committed to improving global health by reducing infectious diseases through early diagnosis.
Vision: Prevent illness, save lives, and improve quality of life through rapid diagnostics.
Mission: To develop portable, affordable, and globally deployable nano-enabled biosensor technologies for rapid and early detection of infectious diseases in populations who need these technologies the most but who can afford them the least.
Output: Publications and presentations, joint funding, capacity building (workshops and lectures), student research, and faculty/student training
International Blog:
http://nanotecnologiainve.wixsite.com/nano
Members are from the following countries:
| The Americas | Asia | Asia | Africa | Australia | Europe |
| Colombia | China | Thailand | South Africa |
Australia | Poland |
| Ecuador | India | Japan | Ghana | ||
| Mexico | Indonesia | ||||
| Peru | Nepal | ||||
| USA | Philippines | ||||
| Dominican Republic | Sri Lanka | ||||
If interested in becoming a member, please contact Dr. Evangelyn Alocilja at alocilja@msu.edu.