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Professor Gita Ramjee passed away on 31 March 2020
Yesterday, Professor Gita Ramjee, Chief Scientific Officer of the Aurum Institute in South Africa, passed away due to complications of a COVID-19 infection. Many in…
Total EDCTP investment in TB research & development rises to € 228 million
On World TB Day 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the global impact and burden of infectious diseases on individual and public…
Developing a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap
On 03 and 04 March 2020, a broad range of stakeholders with complementary expertise and experience in the fight to end tuberculosis (TB) will convene…
World NTD Day: the fight to end Neglected Tropical Diseases
EDCTP is a proud partner and supporter of this first World NTD Day, a call to action to end the burden of the neglected tropical…
PanACEA 2: New TB drug tested in patients for the first time in South Africa
The new promising tuberculosis drug BTZ-043 has been administered to patients for the first time in Cape Town, South Africa. This clinical study which is…
World AIDS day 2019: Clinical research that reaches key populations
According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, in 2018 an estimated 1.7 million people were newly infected with HIV and there were 0.8 million HIV-related…
Novartis will support five Career Development Fellowships on maternal and child health
Novartis and EDCTP are pleased to highlight the sponsorship agreement to support research capacity development in sub-Saharan Africa. Within the framework of EDCTP’s 2019 Career…
Annual Report 2018 – a strong portfolio halfway EDCTP2
EDCTP published its Annual Report 2018 – 15th anniversary of the EDCTP programme in a new digital format. The report gives a quick overview of…
EDCTP invests €18 million in evaluation of candidate malaria vaccine portfolio
EDCTP awarded a grant of EUR 18 million to an international consortium to evaluate a portfolio of three innovative candidate malaria vaccines that aim to…
Invitation to apply for membership of the EDCTP Audit Committee
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) invites suitable candidates to apply for membership of its Audit Committee. EDCTP is a public-public partnership…
EC invites feedback on next EDCTP programme
The European Commission seeks feedback from citizens and stakeholders on its outline for an EDCTP successor programme. This is one of the early steps in…
African High Commissioners and Ambassadors in Pretoria met EDCTP
African High Commissioners and Ambassadors from 28 countries accredited to South Africa met with EDCTP in Pretoria on 11 July 2019. The meeting was hosted…
Director-General Jean-Eric Paquet visits EDCTP-funded CHAPS adolescent study in Cape Town
On 8 July 2019, the European Commission Director-General for Research and Innovation, Jean-Eric Paquet, visited the Emavulandleni Research Centre in Cape Town, South Africa together…
ASAAP paediatric malaria treatment study kicks off in Ghana
The ASAAP project – a multi-country, multi-site clinical study to evaluate a new malaria triple therapy for children – has its kick-off meeting today in…
EDCTP malaria portfolio: large investments in treatment and vaccines
The World Malaria Report 2018 states that after an unprecedented period of success in global malaria control, progress has stalled. Data from 2015–2017 show no…