The AMÉLIORER project was set up in response to the need to strengthen the supervision of research carried out in Benin, by improving the system…
TRREE (Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation) high quality, free and open-access training in research ethics and regulation for investigators and research ethics committees’…
The third annual consortium meeting of the EDCTP-funded SIMBLE project took place on 13-15 November 2023 in Grenoble, France. The SIMBLE project aims to introduce…
The University of the Western Cape (Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy) and its collaborators from Ministries of Health and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) from…
PEST4MEN (peer-led HIV self-testing intervention for men) has demonstrated that it is possible to improve the uptake of HIV self-testing services among highly mobile men…
From 02-04 October the TB-CAPT Consortium convened for a face-to-face progress meeting in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, hosted by local project partners from Ifakara Health Institute. The…
Professor Romain Glèlè Kakai is a Full Professor of Biostatistics and Forest Estimations at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) and leads the EDCTP-funded TEBWA project…
Ms Michelle Nderu with the BlockRabies Team The BlockRabies project is at the forefront of harnessing digital solutions to revolutionize healthcare for both humans and…
EDCTP Training and Mobility Fellow Dr Mary Aigbiremo Oboh (The Gambia), following the completion of her EDCTP-AREF Preparatory fellowship, was awarded the AAS African Research…
The increased number of clinical trials taking place in Africa and the complexity of clinical research designs require that the local Regional Ethics Committees…
In a rapidly evolving world, where health emergencies are no longer the exception but part of our reality, the need for comprehensive, adaptable, and standardized…
IAVI has announced a new award from the German government to help support the late-stage development of the promising TB vaccine candidate, MTBVAC. The German…
Breastmilk optimises child survival in low- and middle income high HIV prevalence settings. However, breastmilk transmission of HIV continues to contribute to residual HIV mother-to-child…
On 20-21 April 2023, the Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI) held its Spring Meeting in Breukelen, the Netherlands. This in-person event brought together over 80 attendees…
The East African Point of Care HIV Viral Load (EAPoC-VL) project held its second annual general scientific meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 1011 May 2023,…
The GELA (Global Evidence – Local Adaptation) consortium is coordinated by Dr Tamara Kredo at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), South Africa, with…
The prevention of recurrence of tuberculosis (POR TB) trial has been completed with a total of 831 participants from six clinical trial sites in South…
The INTEGRATION consortium held its 1st annual investigators meeting on 6 and 7 March 2023 both in person in Rome, Italy, and virtually. The study…
The PYRAPREG study held its investigators’ meeting on 9-10 March 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The study is a phase III open-label, multicentre, randomized, non-inferiority…
The four EDCTP-funded late-stage TB vaccine development projects: POR TB Consortium, priMe and MTBVAC-Newborns Phase 2a and MTBVACN3, meet on a regular basis to exchange…
In 2021, ten consortia received funding to train 151 highly skilled epidemiologists and biostatisticians across sub-Saharan Africa. This highly anticipated training programme, dubbed as the…
In Cameroon the first ethics committee was created in 1987. However, its functioning was centralised and thus the ethical review process could not be adapted…
On 23 March 2023, the Eastern Africa Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR3) handed over the Research and Ethics Committee (REC) office at the Jinja Regional…
MIMVaC-Africa consortium held its second annual meeting on 17-18 January 2023. Thanks to the recent decrease in COVID-19 restrictions, this meeting was possible on a…
The Developing Paediatric Primaquine (DPP) consortium held its first Investigators Meeting at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Unit of the University of Bordeaux, France on 24-26 January…
We asked EDCTP Senior Fellow Plus Professor Samuel Wanji from University of Buea, Cameroon, how EDCTP funding is helping advance his research into the neglected…
The EDCTP-funded Multistage Malaria Vaccine Consortium (MMVC) met for their 2022 annual meeting in The Gambia in November 2022. There were exciting updates on the…
The third annual TB-CAPT consortium meeting was held virtually on 12 December 2022. Coordinated by FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, the rationale of the…
Integrated malaria prevention, which advocates the use of several malaria prevention methods holistically beyond insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying, is being explored to…
The EMPIRICAL consortium held its fourth annual meeting in Uganda on 15-16 November 2022 with the participation of the Executive Committee representatives, the independent members…