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Meetings

Meetings

 

FDAAA session on clinical research

The Food and Drug Administration Alumni Association (FDAAA, USA) organised a session on Clinical research enterprise in Africa, Asia, and South America at the 50th USA DIA Annual meeting, 16-19 June 2014. EDCTP South-South Networking and Capacity Development Manager, Dr Thomas Nyirenda, presented the new EDCTP programme.

EVI 2014 Rendez-Vous

On 3 December 2014, the European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) annual “Rendez-Vous” meeting took place in Paris. EDCTP-funded malaria vaccine projects include the Malaria Vectored Vaccine Consortium (MVVC) and the P27A project. Presentations on progress and capacity development in the EDCTP-funded clinical trials were given by the investigators. Through MVVC, EDCTP has funded 6 clinical trials which enabled the ChAd64/MVA ME-TRAP malaria vaccine to move through the pipeline from phase I trials in adult volunteers to a large phase II in infants. Representing EDCTP, Mr Jean Marie Vianney Habarugira presented the EDCTP2 2014 Calls for proposals and those planned for 2015.

Caast-Net Plus

EDCTP was represented by Dr Ole Olesen, Director of North-North Cooperation, at the first CAAST-Net Plus stakeholder meeting in Entebbe, Uganda on 24-25 November 2014. The meeting focused on the role of science and knowledge transfer in addressing global challenges. TB Transmission 2014 EDCTP Executive Director, Prof. Charles Mgone, chaired the session on possibilities of interrupting tuberculosis transmission in high-burden settings. It was part of the ‘TB Transmission 2014’ meeting’ at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 11 November 2014.

Project Office Hager Bassyouni in the EDCTP information booth

45th Union meeting

EDCTP staff – Project Officers Ms. Hager Bassyouni and Dr Monique Rijks-Surette – attended the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Barcelona, Spain on 28 October to 1 November 2014. The conference theme was “Community-driven solutions for the next generation”. The 3000 attendees included clinicians and public health workers, health programme managers, researchers and advocates. An EDCTP booth was set-up to provide information about EDCTP’s achievements and future calls under EDCTP2.