| 08:30 - 12:30 |
Plenary Session III |
Theme: EDCTP future and perspectives
Chairs: Diana Dunstan / Burkina Faso top Government Official (PB) |
| Key-note addresses : |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Prof. Charles Mgone, Executive Director of EDCTP |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Dr Octavi Quintana Trias, European Commission |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Dr Steven Shongwe, E xecutive Secretary East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community
Health research initiatives in Central, East and Southern African Region |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Dr Clifford Mutero, NEPAD Science and Technology Directorate
The NEPAD programme of work on health research and innovation |
| 10:30 |
Coffee break |
| Workshop: Challenges in building capacities in Africa |
Room A: Enhancing capacity, difficulties, solutions & challenges
Facilitator/Rapporteur: Fabio Zicker (TDR, Switzerland)/ Michael Makanga (EDCTP SEC) |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Dr. Fabio Zicker
TDR's research and capacity development strategy |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Dr Nicolas Nagot
Capacity development in the conduct of clinical trials in Africa |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Mrs Matilda Mkunthi
A Bioethics study of clinical research in Malawi |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
General discussion |
Room B: Networks of excellence, difficulties, solutions & challenges
Facilitator/Rapporteur: Sodiomon Sirima (PB)/ Aissatou Toure (DCCC) |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Dr Marie-Charlotte Bouesseau (WHO Switzerland)
Update on Ethics on biomedical research in Africa |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Dr Modibo Dicko (WHO AFRO)
Update on national regulatory development in Africa - vaccines perspectives |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Dr Ramandhani Noor (AMANET)
Regulatory and ethics environment, difficulties and challenges |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
General discussion |
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
Posters sessions |
| 13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
Plenary session IV
Summaries and recommendations from parallel sessions |
| Chair: Richard Adegbola / Peter Ndumbe |
| 14:15 |
Feedback on Networking session |
| 14:30 |
Feedback on Networks of excellence session |
| 14:45 |
Feedback on Regulatory and ethics session |
| 15:00 |
General discussion and concluding recommendations |
| 16:00 |
Prof. Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
Concluding remarks |
| 16:15 - 16:35 |
Closing ceremony by EDCTP and Burkina Faso officials |