PRESS RELEASE: Professor Hannah Akuffo succeeds Dr Diana Dunstan as Chair of EDCTP General Assembly

Published on 3 December 2009 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

The members of the General Assembly of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) have elected Professor Hannah Akuffo as its Chair as of 1 January 2010. Prof. Akuffo succeeds Dr Diana Dunstan, who has chaired the Assembly between 2006 and 2009. Dr Gabriele Hausdorf was appointed and Professor Patrice Debré re-appointed as vice-Chair.

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PRESS RELEASE: Dr Alexis Nzila and Dr Dominique Pepper receive EDCTP award for outstanding African scientist

Published on 26 October 2009 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

The Hague, 26 October 2009 - The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has given its Awards for Outstanding African Scientist to Dr Alexis Nzila and Dr Dominique Pepper.

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PRESS RELEASE: WHO provides primary status to the Pan African Clinical Trials Registry in Africa

Published on 25 September 2009 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

The Pan-African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR) has been accepted as a primary clinical trials registry – the first World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed trials registry in Africa. This registry will feed data into the global WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) search portal facilitating African representation in the global picture of planned, ongoing and completed clinical trials.

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Putting the well-being of African study participants first: Gabon establishes national ethics committee

Published on 26 March 2009 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

As the number of health research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa increases, so does the need for improved review of the ethical and scientific rigour of these trials. As we work on increasing the quality of research, we should also work on ensuring the safety of research participants. The recently established National Bioethics Committee of Gabon, which was established with the help of a grant from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), is an example of the progress made to safeguard the well-being of African study participants.

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CANTAM first African Network of Excellence for clinical trials

Published on 20 February 2009 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

The countries of Central Africa have joined forces to enable the region to build research capacity and conduct clinical trials under best practices. CANTAM (Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria for the conduct of clinical trials) is the first EDCTP-funded regional Network of Excellence to prepare the region to conduct high-quality clinical trials. It will be supported by a EUR 3 million grant for the duration of three years. The network includes research institutions and political partners from Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Tanzania and Germany. It is envisaged that the networks for Eastern, Western and Southern Africa will start their activities later this year.

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