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15 April 2019

WANECAM consortium kicks off clinical study for next-generation antimalarial drug

The West African Network for Clinical Trials of Antimalarial Drugs (WANECAM), a consortium of ten academic organisations in Africa and Europe, starts off the ‘WANECAM…

22 March 2019

World TB Day: EDCTP investments in TB research rise to EUR 127 million

World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March 2019 is themed ‘It’s time’. As the World Health Organisation (WHO) explains, the theme underlines “the urgency to act”…

13 March 2019

ASAAP clinical study of malaria treatment for children has started

A large clinical study evaluating a triple plus combination of antimalarials for children has started in Ghana. The study is coordinated by Dr. Oumou Maiga-Ascofare…

31 January 2019

EDCTP is looking for a temporary Administrative Officer (The Hague)

EDCTP  is looking for an Administrative Officer to be based at the EDCTP Office in The Hague. The Administrative Officer, under the supervision of the…

21 December 2018

Report on the Lisbon meeting for the next EDCTP programme published

EDCTP organised a high-level meeting on the character, scope and shape of its next programme in Lisbon, Portugal, on 17 September 2018. Approximately 100 participants…

30 November 2018

World AIDS Day 2018: Supporting R&D partnerships to tackle HIV

World AIDS Day 2018 marks its 30th anniversary. Significant progress has been made in the fight against the disease during these three decades. However, the…

26 November 2018

National health research systems in Africa: developing a collaborative approach

EDCTP published the report on the EDCTP high-level meeting Engaging African governments to strengthen national health research systems with complementary international cooperation. The meeting took…

15 November 2018

PredART trial shows TB-IRIS can be prevented in patients with HIV-TB co-infection

The results of the PredART clinical trial co-funded by EDCTP were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on 14 November 2018. Prof. Graeme…

01 November 2018

EDCTP and Wellcome Trust organise session at ASTMH 2018

EDCTP and the Wellcome Trust organised a session on controlled Human Infection Studies in low- and middle-income countries as a contribution to the ASTMH 2018…

26 October 2018

EDCTP is seeking a Project Officer

EDCTP is looking for a Project Officer for the office in The Hague. The duration of this fixed-term contract is one year. As a member…

18 October 2018

EDCTP co-sponsors 'TB Science 2018' - the 49th Union's research preconference

TBScience2018 is the official pre-conference event for the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health. The scientific conference focuses on basic and translational tuberculosis research. The event…

08 October 2018

Ebola emergency call September 2018: research response to the DRC outbreak

On 3 September 2018, EDCTP launched a €2.25 million emergency funding initiative in response to Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of…

28 September 2018

EDCTP Prizes 2018 awarded at Ninth Forum

EDCTP awarded its 2018 prizes for research excellence and the Pascoal Mocumbi Prize at the opening ceremony of the Ninth Forum on Monday 17 September. Dr…

27 September 2018

EDCTP-funded R&D partnerships to tackle infectious disease in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2003-2018

On 17 September 2018 at the High-Level Meeting to discuss a third EDCTP programme in Lisbon, Portugal, Dr Michael Makanga, EDCTP’s Executive Director, presented a…

14 September 2018

EDCTP Annual Report 2017 - Maintaining momentum

EDCTP published its Annual Report 2017: Maintaining momentum. Since 2014 until the end of 2017, we have awarded 124 grants with an estimated total value…