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	<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum - Blog &#187; Tuesday</title>
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		<title>Forum Recommendations: HIV/AIDS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the current state of clinical research on HIV/AIDS, the following recommendations for future research were made by the researchers that participated in the scientific sessions:

Microbicides and Vaccines

There is currently good safety data available and hints of efficacy which may serve as proof of concept. This research should continue.
Important data are expected to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum Recommendations: Malaria</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/11/forum-recommendations-malaria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malaria]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the current state of clinical research on Malaria, the following recommendations for future research were made by the researchers that participated in the scientific sessions:

Vaccines
EDCTP is currently funding clinical trials involving candidate malaria vaccines GMZ2 and vectored vaccine AdCh63 MVA-TRAP.
Development of research capacity for testing vaccines in Africa was highlighted as a gap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum Recommendations: Tuberculosis</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/11/forum-recommendations-tuberculosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the current state of clinical research on Tuberculosis, the following recommendations for future research were made by the researchers that participated in the scientific sessions:

The following areas still need more research work to be supported in TB:

Point-of-care diagnostics (RAPID assays) including sophistication of microscopy-based approaches
Active case detection
Diagnostic tests that will differentiate between latent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuberculosis scientific parallel sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/11/tuberculosis-scientific-parallel-sessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/11/tuberculosis-scientific-parallel-sessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ochieng’ Ogodo
While tuberculosis (TB) is largely under control in developed countries, it is spreading fast in the developing world. It still haunts the poor in third world and health experts are now describing the advent of deadly drug-resistant strain spreading fast in the developing world as a time bomb.
It is for this reason that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum presentations</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/fifth-edctp-forum-presentations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/fifth-edctp-forum-presentations/#comments</comments>
		<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>
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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>Video: NIMR Cultural dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/video-nimr-cultural-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/video-nimr-cultural-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek 
On Tuesday night, Forum delegates were treated to an exciting entertainment programme offered by the Forum’s local host, the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) of Tanzania. The dancers of the JKT/JWTZ Group took the attention of the delegates off their plates and onto the dance floor, and most likely inspired some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV/AIDS scientific sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/hivaids-scientific-sessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/hivaids-scientific-sessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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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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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/2009/10/empowering-researchers-in-ownership-of-research-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilona van den Brink</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edctp.org/forumblog/?p=124</guid>
		<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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