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Where and when is the ‘real’ work done?

Posted on 23/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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…

The next EDCTP programme – 3

Posted on 22/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 22/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 22/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

‘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

Posted on 21/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 21/09/201823/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 21/09/201821/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 21/09/201821/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 19/09/201819/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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

Posted on 18/09/201818/09/2018 By Paul Chinnock

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…

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