Credits: Xavier Vahed-DNDi The first child participating in the EDCTP2-funded ACOZI-KIDS clinical trial (NCT05433350) was treated for sleeping sickness on 15 July 2022 in Bandundu,…
On 8 August 2022, the SeroSelectTB project held its local site kick-off meeting in Bahirdar, Ethiopia. The project presented an overview and implementation plan to…
The Slash and Clear for ONchocerciasis control and Epilepsy prevention (SCONE) project, led by EDCTP Career Development Fellow Dr Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, aims to…
On 27 June 2022, BCA-WA-ETHICS II and the Africa Bioethics Network kicked off the five-day training programme on the “Fundamentals of research ethics”. Over 130…
In the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau Dr Dionisio Cumba, BCA-WA-ETHICS II launched the first ever website and digital platform…
On 10-14 April 2022, the BERC-Luso coordination team visited Guinea Bissau. The BERC-Luso project’s main goal is to enhance biomedical ethics and regulatory capacities in…
Screening for the BREATHER Plus trial started at the end of June and the first participants were recruited on 29 June in Uganda. Sites in…
The COVID-19 Surveillance Intensification Network (CSIGN) team in Ghana held a final project dissemination meeting at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in…
The GELA (Global Evidence, Local Adaptation) project aims to enhance evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa.…
All children have been enrolled in a phase IIb study in The Gambia evaluating the efficacy of a highly promising vaccine against enterotoxigenic E. coli.,…
In June 2022, the priMe study achieved a major milestone in its pivotal phase III trial of the novel tuberculosis vaccine VPM1002 with the end…
The EMPIRICAL study (Empirical treatment against cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in severe pneumonia in HIV-infected infants: a randomized controlled clinical trial) has reached an important milestone:…
Between 2-12 May 2022, seven scientists and bioethicists from Benin and Senegal attended a BCA-WA-ETHICS II internship in research ethics and gender mainstreaming hosted by the…
Ugandan newspaper New Vision published an article on the dissemination meeting of the national online ethics review system named the National Research Management System (NRIMS).…
The SIMBLE project will conduct a clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settings. The…
The PediCAP trial has successfully passed the 25% recruitment milestone with more than 400 patients successfully randomised into their arms. The PediCAP trial will determine…
Portrait of a happy mother and daughter enjoying a piggyback ride outdoors For its pivotal phase III trial of the novel tuberculosis vaccine VPM1002, the priMe project…
The PEP4LEP project aims to identify the most effective and feasible method for screening people at risk of developing leprosy and administering chemoprophylaxis. The project compares the…
Dr Elouise Elizabeth Kroon was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for her dissertation entitled ‘Neutrophils as effector cells in resistance to infection by Mycobacterium…
The University of Nairobi (UoN) in partnership with the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) received funding from…
The project ‘Strengthening National Ethics Committees in West and Central Francophone Africa (SNECFA)’ is an EDCTP2-funded project that seeks to strengthen the capacity of four…
The coordination of BERC-Luso visited Cape Verde from 6 to 10 April in the scope of the last Work Package 4 – Networking. The visit…
The LIBERHetica project has been involved in strengthening capacity building in Research Ethics and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in the review of clinical and social…
The BCA-WA-ETHICS II project aims to strengthen and harmonise the ethical review process of health research in West Africa and particularly clinical trials related to…
The DATURA trial aims to assess whether an intensified initial TB treatment could increase survival in hospitalised, HIV-infected adults and adolescents compared to the standard…
The PREV_PKDL fourth annual meeting was held online on 28 April 2022 to present and discuss project advancements and upcoming activities. Despite several challenges posed…
In an attempt to narrow the large TB case detection gap in children and people living with HIV, the Stool4TB project will evaluate an innovative…
On 4-5 May 2022, one of the EDCTP-funded epidemic consortia, ALERRT, held its annual meeting in Entebbe, Uganda. EDCTP Senior Project Officer Dr Jean Marie Habarugira…
The first in-person meeting for the UPTAKE consortium took place in Kampala, Uganda from 11-13 April 2022. The consortium is developing new methods for HIV…
From 10-12 May 2022, a kick-off meeting for the MTBVAC phase III clinical trial was held in Baiona, Spain. With the only licensed vaccine against…