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EDCTP 2016 stakeholder meetings on Diarrhoeal Diseases & Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
EDCTP will hold two stakeholder meetings on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections on 5 and 6 July, respectively. These meetings for invited experts…
Eighth EDCTP Forum: registration opens, sponsorship opportunities and call for scientific symposia
EDCTP is pleased to announce that registrations to attend the Eighth EDCTP Forum are now open. Additionally, EDCTP invites interested organisations to sponsor the event,…
World Malaria Day 2016: joining forces to end malaria
There has been remarkable progress made in malaria control based on current World health Organisation estimates. Nonetheless, there is still much to be done in the…
Abstract submission for the Eighth EDCTP Forum is now open
EDCTP is pleased to announce that as of today the service for submission of abstracts for the Eighth Forum is open. Till 24 June 2016,…
World TB Day 2016: Uniting to end the childhood TB epidemic
In 2015 tuberculosis (TB) became the world’s deadliest infectious disease, currently causing the death of 1.5 million people per year. Every year around 10 million…
Joep Lange Institute for global healthcare improvement officially launched
The Joep Lange Institute (JLI) was officially inaugurated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 15 March 2016. High-level speakers and participants from civil society, industry, politics…
PREGACT: Safety and efficacy of four artemisinin-based combination treatments in African pregnant women with malaria
The results of the clinical trial PREGACT were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on 10 March 2016. The study was conducted to…
Ebola grantees have begun collaborations
Grantees recently selected to conduct a range of research from basic science to implementation research, including capacity development and models of clinical care, have met…
Farewell Letter from Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
After almost a decade at the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), it is an appropriate time for me to move on. My…
EDCTP receives Science Diplomacy Award at South African Science Forum
At the Science Forum South Africa 2015, EDCTP received the Science Diplomacy Award in the category that recognises “an international science partnership which has made…
World AIDS day 2015: EDCTP’s past and future investments
In its first programme, ending in December 2015, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has contributed to the fight against HIV/AIDS by…
New EDCTP-TDR Clinical Research and Development Fellowships awarded
A total of 18 product development clinicians from 9 low- and middle-income countries have been awarded clinical research and development fellowships. These fellows are supported…
Pyramax® approved as antimalarial for treatment of multiple episodes of malaria
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) published today a positive scientific opinion on Pyramax®, a once-daily, 3-day treatment for uncomplicated malaria. The new label allows it…
Two HIV paediatric formulas safe and highly effective at protecting infants during breastfeeding up to 12 months after birth
A study published in The Lancet today, shows that two liquid formulas of HIV drugs are safe and highly effective at protecting infants from infection…
EDCTP invites nominations for Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize
The Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize will reward an individual in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements in advancing health research and research capacity development in Africa…