Between 11 and 21 January 2022, the PROFORMA project conducted a “training of trainers” workshop on the Qualified Person Responsible for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV). A QPPV…
On 19 November 2021, the MULTIple doses of IPTi Proposal: a Lifesaving high Yield intervention (MULTIPLY) project was launched in Bombali, Northern Province of Sierra…
The Capacity building for Female Scientist in East Africa (CAFÉ-SEA) project will conduct a multidisciplinary PhD training programme to equip up to eight female scientists…
Dog-mediated rabies still kills more than 60,000 people every year. This indicates a significant failure of current health systems in developing countries, with very poor…
From 13 to 15 December 2021, the WANETAM (West African Network for TB, AIDS, and Malaria) Network of Excellence presented the achievements of WANETAM II…
Dr Michael Owusu Dr Michael Owusu is a Career Development Fellow of EDCTP who got funding to investigate the aetiological agents of respiratory diseases among…
The INTEGRATION consortium held its kick-off meeting on 22 and 23 November 2021 both in person at Hôtel l’Amitié, Bamako, Mali, and virtually. The meeting…
The HAT-r-ACC consortium is pleased to share that patient recruitment for this study has now been completed in Malawi and Uganda. The main objective of…
From 23 to 25 November 2021, the first annual meeting for the IMPALA project (An Innovative Monitoring system for PAediatrics in Low-resource settings: an Aid…
The CAPRISA 012 SAMBA trial is a Phase I/II trial of subcutaneous administration of monoclonal broadly neutralising antibodies as an immunisation strategy for HIV prevention.…
The inaugural meeting of the first edition of the “Master in Field Epidemiology Training for Portuguese-speaking West African Countries” (2022-2024) took place in virtual format…
The AfriKADIA consortium Phase III trial on a short regimen to treat the neglected tropical disease visceral leishmaniasis is highlighted in Nature Medicine as one…
The UPTAKE study launched its official website at the start of October. UPTAKE represents a unique multidisciplinary collaboration of five leading research institutions in both…
Fondazione Penta, a global independent scientific network dedicated to child health, published an article on the occasion of World Pneumonia day (12 November 2021)…
The StatinTB consortium held its year 3 progress meeting virtually on 11 November 2021. Despite significant challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the StatinTB…
The EACCR3 project was launched on 10 November 2021 by the Rt. Hon. Minister of East African Affairs Rebecca Kadaga. EACCR3 is an Eastern…
On 15 and 16 November, the TriageTB consortium held its virtual year 2 annual meeting. This year, the meeting was held together with TriageTB’s sister…
On 27 October, the kick-off meeting for the SCEPRESSA project (Strengthening Capacity for Epidemics Preparedness and Response in sub-Saharan Africa) took place. The project will…
On 5 November, BCA-WA-ETHICS II (Building the capacities of West Africa in research ethics) held its first advisory board meeting, which was attended by 13…