Coffee breaks are busy and important occasions at EDCTP Forums! The conversations I have been hearing over these last few days do involve some social…
Author: Paul Chinnock
The next EDCTP programme – 3
A very wide range of organisations were represented on the panel for the Forum’s third plenary session on the next EDCTP programme. They were all…
The next EDCTP programme – 2
The Forum’s third plenary meeting focused on discussion and recommendations for a third EDCTP programme. Prior to panel discussion on this topic, the meeting heard…
The next EDCTP programme – 1
‘Where will we go now?’ This, said Marcel Tanner, the Chair for the third plenary, was a question that the session could help decide. EDCTP…
A tribute to Professor Ogobara Doumbo
The fifth plenary of the Forum opened with a tribute to a distinguished and much-loved researcher, Professor Ogobara Doumbo, who died in June this year aged…
Targeting the malaria parasite: from lab innovation to new interventions
It is unusual, at an EDCTP Forum, for a plenary session to feature a presentation on laboratory research. Indeed presenter Professor Maria Mota emphasised that…
A tribute to Prof. Mayosi
The first part of the session was a tribute to the remarkable life of African cardiologist and researcher Professor Bongani Mayosi, who died in July…
Universal health coverage in Africa
The fourth plenary session of the Forum (Wednesday 19 September, starting at 9:00 AM) served to put EDCTP-funded research on poverty-related diseases in the broader…
A new force: Africa CDC
At 15 years old, EDCTP is still a youthful organisation, but now there are newer kids on the block! One of the most significant disease…
Opening session of the Ninth EDCTP Forum
The welcoming session at a large conference is important in setting the pace for the remainder of the event. The Ninth Forum got off to…