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	<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum - Blog &#187; Ilona van den Brink</title>
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		<title>Dr Alexis Nzila and Dr Dominique Pepper receive EDCTP award for outstanding African scientist</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/dr-alexis-nzila-and-dr-dominique-pepper-receive-edctp-award-for-outstanding-african-scientist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ilona van den Brink
For the first time in the Forum’s history, EDCTP has extended an award for outstanding African scientists. Dr Alexis Nzila received the Award for Senior Outstanding African Scientist, and Dr Dominique Pepper received the Award for Junior Outstanding African Scientist.
The EDCTP-funded awards are awarded on the basis of a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV/AIDS scientific sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/hivaids-scientific-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo
An effective AIDS vaccine could be the ultimate bullet to shatter the scourge that has ravaged humanity, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However such a discovery has been very elusive for the last twenty years. Dr Anatoli Kamali, epidemiologist and Head of the HIV Intervention Programme at the Medical Research Council of Uganda says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaria scientific parallel sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/malaria-scientific-parallel-sessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/malaria-scientific-parallel-sessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Lara Pandya
The morning parallel session on malaria involved various presentations spanning the three main treatment research areas of uncomplicated malaria in children, pregnancy associated malaria (PAM), and severe malaria.
The first of these research areas was addressed by Professor Umberto D’Alessandro, from the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) of Antwerp, Belgium, who presented a multi-centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowering researchers in ownership of research results</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/empowering-researchers-in-ownership-of-research-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross-cutting issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo
 
One of the stickiest areas in research in Africa is the legal ownership of research results. For that reason, a satellite meeting on the subject was held to sensitise African researchers and to identify needs in order for funders to better align their funding strategies and policies. The meeting was jointly organised by NACCAP and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in human capital to build healthy nations</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/investing-in-human-capital-to-build-healthy-nations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/investing-in-human-capital-to-build-healthy-nations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Education and building a critical pool of skilled manpower is without a doubt an invaluable cog in the wheel that drives socio-economic development and ascertains the creation and sustenance of a healthy nation. During the opening ceremony on Monday, Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania, His Excellency Staffan Herrström addressed the impact of training and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal standards for clinical trials</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/universal-standards-for-clinical-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/universal-standards-for-clinical-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) provides globally applicable standards for the conduct of medical research on pharmaceutical products on human subjects, reminds Raffaella Ravinetto, Head of the Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium. The implementation of GCP in non-commercial research carried out in resource-constrained settings was one of the prime issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video message from EU Commissioner for Science and Research</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/video-message-from-eu-commissioner-for-science-and-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/video-message-from-eu-commissioner-for-science-and-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ilona van den Brink
European Union Commissioner for Science and Research Dr Janez Potočnik addressed the audience at the opening ceremony through a video message. The EU Commissioner comments on the progress of research coordination through EDCTP over the years, and referring to the independent evaluation of the EDCTP programme conducted in 2006, he remarks: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening ceremony: research and innovation key to development</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/opening-ceremony-research-and-innovation-key-to-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/opening-ceremony-research-and-innovation-key-to-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng&#8217; Ogodo
The Fifth EDCTP Forum in Arusha kicked off on Monday with strong calls for strengthening clinical trials partnerships with Africa. It emphasised the need for increased funding for research and innovation in health, setting up acceptable clinical trial standards, strengthening ethical committees and the establishment of infrastructures for provision of quality drugs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And it rained&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/and-it-rained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/and-it-rained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preparations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ilona van den Brink
After some disappointing amounts of rain fell during the mvuli (short rains), on Saturday finally the rain came pouring down. Even EDCTP staff from the Netherlands (a rainy country by default) were welcoming the dark clouds surrounding Mount Meru.

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		<title>Towards a more realistic picture of clinical trials in Africa (PACTR)</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/towards-a-more-realistic-picture-of-clinical-trials-in-africa-pactr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/towards-a-more-realistic-picture-of-clinical-trials-in-africa-pactr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo 
Underreporting of clinical trials conducted in Africa is a serious problem, leading to wasteful duplication of research. According to Amber Abrams, the Pan-African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR) project manager for the South African Cochrane Centre at the Medical Research Council, the lack of coordinated regulation and ethical oversight of clinical trials in [...]]]></description>
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