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EDCTP launches new calls for proposals
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) welcomes project proposals as a response to the following calls: Senior Fellowships Available funds: € 1,200,000…
TB vaccine MVA85A trial: first volunteers enrolled in Senegal
Since 4 August 2011 volunteers are being enrolled in the Senegal site of the candidate TB vaccine MVA85A clinical trial. This study is conducted in…
Malaria Vaccine GMZ2: promising results phase Ib trial in young Gabonese children published
The candidate malaria vaccine GMZ2 proved to be safe, immunogenic and well tolerated in one to five year old Gabonese children. This is the conclusion…
Pauline Beattie new EDCTP Operations Manager
Today, EDCTP welcomes a new Operations Manager. Dr Pauline Beattie (United Kingdom) joins the management team of the organisation and will head the Calls &…
EDCTP Annual Report 2010 now available online
EDCTP is pleased to announce the release of its 2010 annual report. 2010 was a year of established projects coming to fruition and the start…
TB diagnostics: all studies recruiting patients now
As of today, all three EDCTP-funded clinical trials to evaluate new or improved methods of diagnosing tuberculosis are recruiting patients. In Tanzania the TB Child…
Investment in research essential for effective healthcare: International Clinical Trials Day 2011
Sustainable healthcare requires long-term commitment to health research. Investment in research will provide the scientific knowledge and evidence needed to inform health policies and to…
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2011
18 May is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, a day to recognise the efforts of healthy volunteers, patients, community educators, healthcare professionals and scientists in the…
Uganda: first vaccination for GMZ2 malaria vaccine trial
Today, the EDCTP-funded GMZ2 consortium starts volunteer enrolment for the phase IIb clinical trial of the candidate malaria vaccine GMZ2 in Uganda. This is the…
Willem Hanekom: Inaugural Lecture on Vaccines to prevent TB
Professor Willem Hanekom will give his inaugural lecture as Professor of Clinical Immunology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa later today. He will…
Burkina Faso: GMZ2 malaria vaccine trial recruiting first patients
Recruitment of the first patients for the phase IIb clinical trial of the candidate malaria vaccine GMZ2 has started in the Burkina Faso trial site…
Accordia 2011 Health Leadership Award to Dr Christian Happi (Nigeria)
On 25 April 2011, World Malaria Day, Accordia Global Health Foundation announced that Dr Christian Happi from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria has won…
World Malaria Day on 25 April: Urgent call for research to meet drug resistance challenge
Since 2007 an increase in malaria control and prevention has saved many lives. World Malaria Day on 25 April 2011 aims to acknowledge this achievement…
Diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF proven fast and effective in low-resource settings
The Lancet published a significant development for TB diagnostics yesterday with concrete and encouraging study outcomes on the effectiveness of the new Xpert MTB/RIF test…
EAC Health Ministers sixth annual meeting in the Republic of Burundi: participation in EDCTP programme encouraged
The Ministers of Health of the East African Community, Permanent Secretaries and Senior government officials responsible for policies on health, research and regulatory issues convened…