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2017 calls for proposals
EDCTP is launching 11 calls for proposals in 2017 to support clinical research and capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa. These…
Botswana launch of AMBITION-cm project on HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
Almost twenty per cent of HIV-related deaths are directly attributable to cryptococcal meningitis (CM). The AMBITION-cm project was developed to…
Professor Alimuddin Zumla honoured for services to public health
Professor Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London was honoured in the United Kingdom…
Mundo Sano joins forces with EDCTP to fund research on neglected infectious diseases
On 16 June 2017, the Mundo Sano Foundation and the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) created a…
Leprosy Research Initiative and EDCTP in partnership to boost leprosy research
The Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI) and EDCTP created a partnership to boost leprosy-related research. They aim to leverage resources and…
International Clinical Trials Day 2017: trials and results
Ahead of International Clinical Trials Awareness Day 2017, an important joint statement was released by international funders of clinical research…
Funding research and innovation to help end malaria
The fight against malaria has seen a decade of remarkable success and progress. It remains, however, a threat to half…
World TB day 2017: closing the gaps to end tuberculosis
Ending the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030 is one of the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. Although TB…
PredictTB project launched: biomarkers to predict TB treatment duration
A new EDCTP-funded project was launched at the Tygerberg Campus of Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa, on 16…
PanACEA kicks off new clinical trials programme for TB-drug evaluation
The EDCTP-funded PanACEA consortium (Pan-African Consortium for the Evaluation of Antituberculosis Antibiotics) who were recently awarded their second EDCTP grant…
UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health hosted meeting on value of EDCTP
The meeting on EDCTP as ‘African-European partnership for global health benefit’ took place on 27 February 2017 at the Houses…
PredART trial: prednisone reduces risk of TB-IRIS in HIV-infected patients by 30%
Results of the EDCTP-funded PredART clinical trial, led by Dr Graeme Meintjes, University of Cape Town, South Africa were presented…
Switzerland fully associated to Horizon 2020 per 1 January 2017
Switzerland became an Associated Country for the full Horizon 2020 programme as of 1 January 2017. Consequently, Switzerland has regained the possibility…
World AIDS day 2016: EDCTP’s strategy for funding research on HIV
According to the AIDS by numbers 2016 report from UNAIDS, huge progress has been made in the fight against HIV…
Stakeholder meeting reports published: diarrhoeal diseases and lower respiratory tract infections
EDCTP published two reports of the stakeholder meetings on diarrhoeal diseases and lower respiratory tract infections, respectively. The meetings for…
Professor Fred Newton Binka receives prestigious Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Award
The EDCTP Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize was given to Professor Fred Newton Binka in recognition of his outstanding achievements in…
Professor Shabir Mahdi receives Scientific Leadership Award
On 7 November 2016, Professor Dr Shabir A. Mahdi (1966) received the EDCTP 2016 Award for Scientific Leadership. The award…
Zambian Research & Training Programme receives Outstanding Research Team award
The EDCTP Award for Outstanding Research Team 2016 was given to the University of Zambia – University College London Medical School…
Marleen Temmerman receives Outstanding Female Scientist Award
On 8 November 2016, Professor dr. Marleen Temmerman received the EDCTP Award for Outstanding Female Scientist 2016. The award consists…
Eighth EDCTP Forum starts today, 6 November 2016
From 6 to 9 November 2016, the Eighth Forum of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership will take…
Dr Leonardo Santos Simão and Professor Marcel Tanner appointed as EDCTP High Representatives
Dr Leonardo Santos Simão, a former Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, has been…
Important clarification regarding Call 'Research and clinical management of patients in PRD epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa'
This clarification concerns the EDCTP call for proposals Research and clinical management of patients in PRD epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.
Notice of voluntary liquidation of EDCTP-EEIG (legal structure for the first EDCTP programme, 2003-2015)
The EDCTP-EEIG, the legal structure for the first EDCTP programme (2003-2015), is in liquidation (Dutch: in liquidatie). The EDCTP-EEIG was incorporated for the…
EDCTP Annual Report 2015 available online
The EDCTP 2015 Annual Report “Gaining Momentum” is now available online. 2015 was a very busy year with two programmes…
EDCTP to conduct survey of its training and fellowship programmes (2003-2015)
We are contacting our former fellows and trainees via an online survey to find out about their experiences as an…
Call for experts: EDCTP Scientific Advisory Committee
EDCTP invites applications from high-level experts from across multiple fields and sectors to apply to become members of its Scientific…
Moses Bockarie joins EDCTP as Director of South-South Cooperation and Head of Africa Office
Professor Moses John Bockarie joined EDCTP as Director of South-South Cooperation and Head of Africa Office on 1 July 2016….
EDCTP awards 2016 now open to nominations
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) invites nominations to the following awards: Scientific Leadership Award, Outstanding Female…
Announcement of 2016 calls for proposals
In 2016, EDCTP will launch nine calls for proposals to support clinical research and related activities. These calls are worth…
Public consultation on the second EDCTP programme in 2014-2016
Update 17 October 2016: Deadline of Public Consultation extended till 15 November 2016. A public consultation regarding ‘the implementation of…