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	<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum - Blog &#187; Cross-cutting issues</title>
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		<title>Partnerships in health research</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/11/partnerships-in-health-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum presentations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross-cutting issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The presentations of all three Forum days and electronic posters are now available for download. 
Global picture
 
Prof. Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
Introduction of the theme: Fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis: one world one partnership
Download presentation
Dr Diana Dunstan, EDCTP Assembly Chairperson
European and African programmes partnership: role of European member states and agencies
Download presentation
Dr Placido Cardoso, [...]]]></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>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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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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