Archive for the Cross-cutting issues Category
Posted by Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek on November 5, 2009 at 09:35 am
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Global partnerships and collaborations are crucial to achieving results that impact the medical field. With an increasing number of initiatives and organisations involved in health research & development, forming networks and establishing collaborations is now more important than ever. In the Global Partners session on the final Forum day, various EDCTP partners presented themselves and their collaborations with EDCTP. Read More
Posted by Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek on October 30, 2009 at 16:28 pm
The presentations of all three Forum days and electronic posters are now available for download. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on October 19, 2009 at 11:21 am
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 EDCTP. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on October 19, 2009 at 11:13 am
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 education on health improvements in developing countries. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on October 18, 2009 at 14:04 pm
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 for the satellite meeting Universal standards for clinical practice that took place on Monday 12 October. Read More
