EDCTP aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines and microbicides against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Announcements

25 April 2008 marks the first commemoration of World Malaria Day, a day established in March 2007 at the Sixtieth World Health Assembly. It replaces Africa Malaria Day, which has been commemorated every year on 25 April since 2001. This day we commemorate the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world and to increase global awareness of this disease as a global scourge that is preventable and curable. Read more>>

The EDCTP April 2008 Newsletter has been sent out, and is now also available on the website. This latest newsletter contains a full overview of current EDCTP calls for proposals, including two new grant programmes. It also announces a number of interesting new EDCTP projects, such as the Project Profiles database and the Key Performance Indicators. If you wish to receive the newsletter either in print of electronic format, please subscribe.

EDCTP is excited to announce the launch of its Project Profiles database. This online database contains summaries for all EDCTP-funded projects, and a range of search options to find any selection of projects requested. In the database, each project has its own summary,with an additional fact sheet on the project in layout that is easy to print. Read more >>

EDCTP launches a call for proposals worth € 5 M, which will serve to integrate and complement research carried out by EDCTP Member States and their African partners on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >>