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EDCTP joins forces with WHO AFRO and TDR to fund implementation research
A new partnership has been formed between EDCTP (representing its members namely the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the UK Medical Research Council…
Call for participants: Workshop in Portuguese on EDCTP grant proposal writing
EDCTP is calling for applications from researchers interested in participating in a workshop on EDCTP Calls for Proposals and grant proposal writing. The workshop will…
Nigeria becomes 29th member of EDCTP
EDCTP is pleased to welcome Nigeria as its 29th member country. As a member of the EDCTP Association, it will be represented in the EDCTP…
Save the date! 17-21 September 2018: Ninth EDCTP Forum
EDCTP’s ninth biennial forum will be held in Lisbon, Portugal between 17 and 21 September 2018. The conference will be hosted by the Portuguese Foundation…
Workshop to launch EDCTP Alumni Network in October
Since its inception, EDCTP has invested in support for individual researchers at different stages of their careers through an evolving set of graduate and post-doctoral…
Independent observer assesses Scientific Review Committee meetings
To ensure the integrity of its evaluation procedures and to find ways to improve quality, efficiency and transparency, EDCTP recently enlisted the assistance of independent…
EC Call for Tender: burden of diseases preventable by maternal immunisation in sub-Saharan Africa
The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation issued a call for tender on 14 July 2017 on the topic of vaccine-preventable disease in maternal…
2017 calls for proposals
EDCTP is launching 11 calls for proposals in 2017 to support clinical research and capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa. These calls represent a total investment…
Botswana launch of AMBITION-cm project on HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
Almost twenty per cent of HIV-related deaths are directly attributable to cryptococcal meningitis (CM). The AMBITION-cm project was developed to evaluate a new treatment course…
Professor Alimuddin Zumla honoured for services to public health
Professor Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London was honoured in the United Kingdom for services to public health…
Mundo Sano joins forces with EDCTP to fund research on neglected infectious diseases
On 16 June 2017, the Mundo Sano Foundation and the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) created a partnership to leverage research funding…
Leprosy Research Initiative and EDCTP in partnership to boost leprosy research
The Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI) and EDCTP created a partnership to boost leprosy-related research. They aim to leverage resources and pool funds to support clinical…
International Clinical Trials Day 2017: trials and results
Ahead of International Clinical Trials Awareness Day 2017, an important joint statement was released by international funders of clinical research to further protect the integrity…
Funding research and innovation to help end malaria
The fight against malaria has seen a decade of remarkable success and progress. It remains, however, a threat to half of the world’s population with…
World TB day 2017: closing the gaps to end tuberculosis
Ending the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030 is one of the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. Although TB incidence has fallen by an…