The Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (GFELTP) held its 6th Scientific Conference and Competency Graduation from 13-14 December 2023 in Accra, Ghana. The…
An event on 18 December 2023 marked the inauguration of the first BioNTech Africa manufacturing site in Kigali, Rwanda. The inauguration took place on the…
The EDCTP Financial and Project Management Training workshop in Dakar, Senegal, from 30 November to 1 December 2023 welcomed 40 participants, mostly from West Africa.…
The 3rd CPHIA (International Conference on Public Health in Africa) took place from 27-30 November 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference offers a distinctive platform…
The new European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) was officially launched on 5 October 2023 at a high-level conference on Personalised Medicine in Valencia.…
The GloPID-R Africa Hub was officially launched during a conference on August 22-23 in Cape Town, hosted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).…
In a pivotal session held on 14 September 2023 as part of the 9th edition of the Science Summit during the 78th United Nations General…
Dr Thomas Nyirenda, EDCTP Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Development Manager and Head of Africa Office, was interviewed by HealthTimes. He shared his views on Africa’s…
The EU-funded PREPARED consortium held its Paris plenary on 6-8 June 2023 at the UNESCO Headquarters in France. The project brings together a network of…
On 17-19 April 2023, the 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium took place at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa. The aim of the symposium was…
Hosted by the European Union, the African Union and the Republic of South Africa, the first AU-EU Innovation Festival took place on 15 June 2023…
Mr Abdoulie Barry, Dr Pauline Beattie and Dr Thomas Nyirenda visited Abidjan to review the progress of EDCTP projects in Côte d’Ivoire, including projects based…
The long-term goal of EDCTP Career Development Fellow Dr David Kateete (Uganda) was to build capacity and advance his career as an academic. His fellowship…
Two students supported through the HEPMAL project, led by EDCTP Senior Fellow Dr Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi (Ghana), successfully completed their thesis as part of the…
EDCTP Senior Fellow Professor Wendy Burgers, was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, in January 2023, for her…
In 2018, an assessment of the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended changing the legal provisions instituting the ethical…
Through his EDCTP Senior Fellowship, Prof. Novel Chegou aimed to develop a much-needed new diagnostic that would accelerate the detection of TB meningitis in children,…
EDCTP Fellow Professor Richard Phillips has established an extensive programme of research on Buruli ulcer in Ghana, in partnership with collaborators in Europe. His research…
Professor Hamtandi Magloire Natama (Burkina Faso) earned a PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2018 at the University of Antwerp in collaboration with the Institute of…
The AMÉLIORER project was set up in response to the need to strengthen the supervision of research carried out in Benin, by improving the system…
TRREE (Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation) high quality, free and open-access training in research ethics and regulation for investigators and research ethics committees’…
The third annual consortium meeting of the EDCTP-funded SIMBLE project took place on 13-15 November 2023 in Grenoble, France. The SIMBLE project aims to introduce…
The University of the Western Cape (Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy) and its collaborators from Ministries of Health and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) from…
PEST4MEN (peer-led HIV self-testing intervention for men) has demonstrated that it is possible to improve the uptake of HIV self-testing services among highly mobile men…
From 02-04 October the TB-CAPT Consortium convened for a face-to-face progress meeting in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, hosted by local project partners from Ifakara Health Institute. The…
Professor Romain Glèlè Kakai is a Full Professor of Biostatistics and Forest Estimations at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) and leads the EDCTP-funded TEBWA project…
Ms Michelle Nderu with the BlockRabies Team The BlockRabies project is at the forefront of harnessing digital solutions to revolutionize healthcare for both humans and…
EDCTP Training and Mobility Fellow Dr Mary Aigbiremo Oboh (The Gambia), following the completion of her EDCTP-AREF Preparatory fellowship, was awarded the AAS African Research…
The increased number of clinical trials taking place in Africa and the complexity of clinical research designs require that the local Regional Ethics Committees…
In a rapidly evolving world, where health emergencies are no longer the exception but part of our reality, the need for comprehensive, adaptable, and standardized…