Strategic actions on product-related implementation research – 2019

The purpose of this call for proposals is to support clinical studies in the scope of the EDCTP programme to translate medical interventions of proven efficacy (diagnostics, drugs, vaccines, and microbicides) into routine care.

See corresponding call text

Call identifier: RIA2019IR

ADOPT
Adoption of levi-praziquantel 150mg for schistosomiasis by endemic countries

Stichting Lygature, Utrecht, the Netherlands, with partners in Côte d’Ivoire, Germany, Kenya, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
Project coordinator: Dr Remco de Vrueh
Starting date: 01 January 2021
Duration: 60 months
EDCTP grant amount: EUR 5,683,982
Grant agreement: RIA2019IR-2895

CUT TB
Community and universal testing for TB among contacts

The Aurum Institute NPC, Johannesburg, South Africa, with partners in Germany, Lesotho, Sweden, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom
Project coordinator: Dr Salome Charalambous
Starting date: 01 October 2020
Duration: 48 months
EDCTP grant amount: EUR 3,720,797
Grant agreement: RIA2019IR-2877

EAPoC-VL
Use of point-of-care HIV viral  load monitoring to improve viral load suppression among children and adolescents living with HIV in East Africa testing for TB among contacts

Uganda National Health Research Organisation, Entebbe, Uganda, with partners in Kenya, the Netherlands, Rwanda, Sweden, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom
Project coordinator: Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu
Starting date: 01 March 2021
Duration: 48 months
EDCTP grant amount: EUR 4,999,436
Grant agreement: RIA2019IR-2873

TRiAD Study
Triage test for all oral DR TB regimen: TRiAD study

Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, South Africa, with partners in Ethiopia, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, and the United States of America
Project coordinator: Prof. Kogieleum Naidoo
Starting date: 01 January 2021
Duration: 48 months
EDCTP grant amount: EUR 4,999,996
Grant agreement: RIA2019IR-2888