The "http://projectes.camfic.cat/" Catalan Society for Family and Community Medicine (CAMIFIC) has donated nearly 12,000 euros, which is the 0.7% of its budget, to the project “Improvement of the treatment and quality of life of patients with tuberculosis in an area of Angola with high prevalence of the disease”, led by researchers from Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) and the International Health Program of the Catalan Institute of Health (PROSICS).The society concluded in a statement that the project was awarded for its research dimension, its commitment to telemedicine and its orientation towards the health co-development. The study is carried out at VHIR by the groups of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.Since 2008, researchers and clinicians from Vall d’Hebron have worked closely with the Nossa Senhora da Paz Hospital, located in the centre-east of Angola. Since then, they are maintaining a "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/noticies/noticies_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=3&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2013&num=226" telemedicine program to share clinical cases, and conducting several studies about the resistance to tuberculosis, the epidemiology of schistosomiasis, and the relationship between malaria and child mortality. A couple of months ago, they installed in Angola the "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/mitjans/mitjans_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=1&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2014&num=152" first automatic system to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, thanks to an agreement with the Probitas Foundation.