Comoros joins the EDCTP Association
The EDCTP Association is pleased to announce that Comoros has become its newest member country, bringing the total number of participating African countries to 34. The General Assembly of the EDCTP Association formally approved Comoros as a member on 2 November 2026, further strengthening regional collaboration in global health research.
Through its membership, Comoros becomes eligible to receive funding from the Global Health EDCTP3 programme and can contribute to the programme’s strategic direction.
Comoros will be represented at the EDCTP Association General Assembly by Dr Assoumani Younoussa, Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose et la Lèpre, and Dr Kamal Ahamada Abdallah, École de Médecine et de Santé Publique Université des Comores.
“The Union of the Comoros’ membership in the EDCTP Association is a major step for an island country that wants to make health research a lever for its development. Exposed to regional epidemics and to the persistent challenges of infectious diseases, the Comoros have become the gateway for the epidemics that strike the islands of the Indian Ocean, and need locally produced scientific data to better treat and better prevent. We want to train a new generation of Comorian researchers and to contribute, alongside African and European countries, to the success of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme.”
Dr Aboubacar Mzembaba, Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et la Tuberculose (PNLT), Comoros
About the Association
The EDCTP Association acts as the legal entity responsible for implementing the second EDCTP programme (EDCTP2, 2014–2024) and co-governs, together with the European Union (represented by the European Commission), the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking (2021–2031). Governed by its General Assembly, the Association brings together Members (Participating States), Aspirant Members, and Observers.
The EDCTP2 programme has been supported under Horizon 2020, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, while the Global Health EDCTP3 programme receives funding under Horizon Europe, the EU’s current research and innovation framework.