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Suppor for the establishment and the strengthening of African National Ethics Committees or Institutional Review Boards

Grantees	Project title	Budget	Date contract signed
Ministry of Health Rwanda	Strengthening of the Rwanda National Ethics Committee	€47,516	15/09/2008
Tanzania Health Research Forum	Strengthening ethical standards and practices in the protection of participants in health research in Tanzania	€47,202	15/09/2008
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology	Strengthening the National Scientific and Ethical Review System and Process in Uganda	€49,140	15/09/2008
National Institute for Medical Research	Establishment of a local Institutional Review Board (IRB) in Mwanza, Tanzania and strengthen collaboration between the local and national IRBs	€49,966	29/08/2008
Ethiopian Bioethics Initiative	Strengthening the Ethics of Health Research in Ethiopia	€50,000	29/08/2008
University of Ibadan	Strengthening the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC)	€45,000	29/08/2008
Biomedical Research & Training Institute	Establishing an Ethics Research Unit	€45,000	24/07/2008

Senior Fellowships

Grantee	Project title	Budget	Date contract signed
Mark Nicol	The impact of rapid genotypic detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis on treatment outcome in a semi-rural region of South Africa	€200,000	29/08/2008
Harr Freeya Njai	Characterization of neutralizing antibody responses in Chronic Clades A and D Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections and the relationship with established markers of disease progression – A longitudinal study in Rural Uganda	€199,998	13/08/2008
Nicaise Ndembi	Frequency and determinants of dual infection with different strains of HIV-1 in low and high risk populations in Uganda	€194,269.68	31/07/2008
Keertan Dheda	Human lung innate immune pathways regulating the stasis and killing of M. tuberculosis in a high burden setting	€199,870	28/07/2008
Daniel Dodoo	Assessment of functionality of antibodies that associate with protection from clinical malaria using the invitro p. falciparum growth inhibition assay	€192,500	24/07/2008

Strengthening of regulatory environment in Africa

Grantee	Project title	Budget	Date contract signed
World Health Organization	Implementation of the "WHO programme to strengthen regulatory systems in African countries with focus on clinical trial application and inspection of clinical trials"	€ 360,000	20/08/2008