http://www.edctp.org/ Updates from EDCTP.org en http://www.edctp.org/fileadmin/gfx/EDCTP_logo_red.jpg http://www.edctp.org/ 55 56 Updates from EDCTP.org TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 17 May 2013 06:51:00 +0000 EDCTP/Announcementshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/PSn5LvFRK5M/Announcement.403+M5a5cfe8eef9.0.html The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) will hold a series of thematic stakeholder meetings to shape its strategy and funding approach as part of the preparatory process for EDCTP2 (2014-2024). Participants will include researchers from academia, representatives of product development partnerships and pharmaceutical industry, policy makers, funding agencies and other like-minded organisations as well as representatives of EDCTP and its constituencies. ]]> Announcements Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M5a5cfe8eef9.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/AwMeYx00gbo/Announcement.403+M5c8d3782a60.0.html Since 2007, joint malaria prevention, control and interventions have saved many lives, but the burden of disease remains significant, especially among high risk populations including young children and pregnant women. The vast majority of estimated cases (80%) and deaths (91%) occur in sub-Saharan Africa and the vast majority of deaths (86%) occur in children under 5 years of age. ]]> Announcements Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M5c8d3782a60.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/5-BQ3e48w3s/Announcement.403+M5ab2f7668a0.0.html EDCTP and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) will host a webinar to introduce the EDCTP-EFPIA Clinical Research Fellowship scheme on 12 June 2013. The scheme aims to promote research capacity for conducting clinical trials in Africa in accordance with the highest international standards. The webinar is to inform pharmaceutical companies engaged in research, developing and manufacturing medicinal products and will be moderated by Mélanie Yammine,... ]]> Announcements Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:12:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M5ab2f7668a0.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/Wv3lXA7yA6Y/Announcement.403+M56c92ff8270.0.html EDCTP is calling on high level experts from across multiple fields and sectors to apply for membership of the Interim Strategic Advisory Committee (Interim SAC) and the Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC). Applications are requested before 26 April 2013 and 30 August 2013 respectively. ]]> Announcements Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M56c92ff8270.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/ufG4-wbV38o/Announcement.403+M5ab0a3ca029.0.html Every year 9 million people are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The disease kills approximately 1.4 million people per year including infants and adolescents. TB/HIV co-infection and MDR/XDR-TB are proving very difficult to control by means of currently available drugs and programmes. The current vaccine against tuberculosis, Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), shows incomplete and variable efficacy in preventing TB and it does not protect adults from developing the disease. Therefore, there... ]]> Announcements Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:03:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M5ab0a3ca029.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/mDuCye4tcJc/Announcement.403+M51d0ebca24e.0.html Today the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) published the report of the High-Level Conference on the second EDCTP programme (EDCTP2) and a short video on the event. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 5 November 2012 as part of preparations for EDCTP2 with the aim of raising the level of public and private engagement in the programme. The conference was co-organised by the South African Department of Science and Technology, the European Commission and... ]]> Announcements Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M51d0ebca24e.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/uCZFS7rAd2k/Announcement.403+M5b994af12a3.0.html The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) invites nominations for the 2013 Awards to Outstanding African Scientist. The awards will recognise an African Outstanding Scientist and a Rising Star (scientists ≤ 45 years of age) working on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the scope of the EDCTP programme. The awards will be extended at the Seventh EDCTP Forum in Dakar, Senegal on 24 October 2013. ]]> Announcements Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M5b994af12a3.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/9Ixo_xUZGRI/Announcement.403+M506406b644a.0.html A High-Level Meeting on the second programme of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2) will be held in Dakar, Senegal on Monday 21 October 2013. This meeting will be hosted by the government of the republic of Senegal and is jointly organised by the European Union and EDCTP. It aims to unite EDCTP participating countries and other existing and future partners, in order to reinforce their concrete commitment to the second programme expected to start in 2014.The... ]]> Announcements Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:17:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M506406b644a.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/XQkop8gz0g0/Announcement.403+M558c8ff22a4.0.html Six scientists from sub-Saharan Africa involved in EDCTP-funded vaccine development projects have been awarded a scholarship for the Master’s Programme in Vaccinology and Pharmaceutical Clinical Development (III edition) commencing at the University of Siena, Italy in May 2013. The objective of the Master programme is to build capacity in vaccinology and vaccine development in developing countries. ]]> Announcements Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M558c8ff22a4.0.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EDCTP/Announcements/~3/NhfyXQGp6es/Announcement.403+M525a683154e.0.html Today - following on from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013) in Atlanta, USA - the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS) held a press conference in Paris to highlight several studies, including the EDCTP-cofunded PROMISE-PEP study. The preliminary findings of this antiretroviral treatment trial in infants to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV are very encouraging. ]]> Announcements Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.edctp.org/Announcement.403+M525a683154e.0.html