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EDCTP Annual Report 2014 available online
The online summary EDCTP Annual Report 2014 “Starting EDCTP2” is now available on the website. It offers an updated overview of all EDCTP projects of…
Dr Michael Makanga designated as next EDCTP Executive Director
During its last meeting, the General Assembly of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) selected Dr Michael Makanga to succeed Professor Charles…
World Malaria Day 2015: funding research to close the gaps
According to the WHO World Malaria Report 2014, 198 million cases of malaria occurred globally in 2013 and the disease led to 584,000 deaths. The…
World Tuberculosis Day 2015
In May 2014, at the World Health Assembly, governments agreed on an ambitious new 20-year (2016-2035) strategy to end the global TB epidemic. According to…
New funding to increase capacity for Ebola outbreak research
Strengthening sub-Saharan African research capacity during infectious disease emergency outbreaks
Published: Proceedings and video report of the High-Level Launch Event for EDCTP2
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EDCTP-funded project REMSTART finds new approach to HIV management to have reduced deaths by 28 per cent
Researchers from the REMSTART team – led by Dr Saidi Egwaga of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Shabbar Jaffar, Professor of…
EDCTP2 work plan for 2014 now available online
The first annual work plan of the second programme of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2) describes activities under EDCTP2 launched in…
PanACEA MAMS-TB-01 trial: ‘high-dose rifampicin may help shorten TB treatment’
The MAMS-TB-01 trial enrolled 365 patients from 7 sites in Tanzania and South Africa in only 11 months. It is the first of several TB…
Calls for Proposals: ‘Strategic projects with major cofunding’ and ‘Improved treatment and clinical management of poverty-related diseases’
Today, EDCTP published two new calls for proposals under its second programme. The call Strategic projects with major cofunding aims to provide cofunding to strategically…
EC Commissioner Carlos Moedas and Gulbenkian Foundation sign collaboration memorandum
This coincides with the prepublication today of an EDCTP 2015 Call for proposals aimed at strengthening the ethics and regulatory capacity in sub-Saharan Africa. This call will be a…
Preannouncement of 2015 Calls for Proposals
The purpose of this forthcoming call for proposals is to provide funding to projects that aim to evaluate new or significantly improved drugs or drug…
Call for proposals – Maximising the impact of EDCTP research: translation of research results into policy and practice
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New Call for Proposals: Diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases
The purpose of this call is to invest in projects aiming to validate the clinical performance and/or implementation of new or improved diagnostic tools and…
New EDCTP programme celebrated in Cape Town, South Africa on 2 December 2014
A high-level event in Cape Town, South Africa will mark the launch of the second programme of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership…