Congratulations to Dr Mbow who was selected as a "Rising Star" scientist at the recently held Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, 27-30 October 2019 in Addis Ababa!
Grand Challenges is a global family of grant initiatives and partners that strives to equip and empower local innovators around the world to solve the health and development issues that have the greatest impact on their communities. The Annual Meeting, held in a different global city each year, aims to catalyze collaboration to advance innovation for impact (https://grandchallenges.org/#/map).
Meeting organizers collaborated with a Local Scientific Advisory Committee made up of leading scientific experts from across the continent to nominate and select “Rising Stars” – a group of promising young African scientists whose participation at the meeting was sponsored by meeting organizers.
Congratulations on your selection as a Rising Star!
ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED: 10th EDCTP Forum - Equity in Research for Health, 17-21 October 2021, Maputo, Mozambique
EDCTP invites submission of abstracts highlighting original contributions on strategic EDCTP research topics and on research capacity strengthening, linked to the Forum theme. Investigators involved in EDCTP-funded projects are encouraged to use this opportunity to share new developments and results from their projects. The deadline for abstracts is 28 June 2021.
Format and eligibility:
Abstracts must be submitted in English and should not exceed 300 words
Abstracts should follow the format: Background; Methods; Results; Conclusions
Abstracts must not have been published or submitted for presentation to any other national or international meeting.Submission: Abstracts must be submitted via the online system by 28 June 2021. Only abstracts submitted online by the deadline will be considered. Detailed instructions are available in the online submission system https://edctpforum.eventsair.com/edctp-forum-2021/abstract-submission. For questions regarding abstracts, please contact the EDCTP Forum Team (forum@edctp.org).
Evaluation procedure:
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Forum scientific programme committee and external experts, in collaboration with EDCTP secretariat members. Selection of abstracts will be based on the following criteria: Abstract quality; Relevance to the Forum theme and to EDCTP; Significance of the reported results
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the review by 14 July 2021.
Please note that the final decision on whether the abstract is accepted and, if so, whether it will be for a poster or oral presentation will be made by EDCTP and the Forum Programme Committee.
Presenting authors whose abstracts have been accepted will receive further instructions for presenting their abstract. All presenters will be required to pre-record their presentations.
EDCTP Year End Message 2019
You are invited to read our 2019 end of year message below which offers you a brief summary of EDCTP's achievements to date.
Since 2014, EDCTP invested more than €600 million of funding in European-African research & development partnerships engaged in developing new and improved interventions for the poverty-related infectious diseases affecting sub-Saharan Africa.
We wish you all a happy festive season, restful holidays, and a healthy and successful 2020!
REACH Awards 2019 - Honoring game-changers you work with
Here is an exciting opportunity to showcase the groundbreaking research, advocacy and frontline health provision that is taking place at the South African Medical Research Council and in your networks.
The 2019 REACH Awards will be recognizing stories of unsung achievement in disease elimination (Malaria, Tuberculosis, NTDs, and more) and raise awareness of the role of game-changing innovators within the larger global health community. Prominent leaders from across global health disciplines will judge the awards, including:
· Professor Baron Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
· Dr. Chris Elias, President of Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
· Dr. Maha Barakat, Executive Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership
The winners will receive an undisclosed monetary prize, media visibility and the opportunity to come to Abu Dhabi’s Reaching the Last Mile Forum in November to receive the awards in front of high level global health leaders such as Bill Gates and Dr. Tedros.
About the 2019 REACH Awards
The REACH Awards uniquely honor unsung heroes working in the field of disease elimination who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and commitment. Categories include:
· The Unsung Hero Award honors an extraordinary individual who has played a transformative, frontline role in the field of disease elimination, and has been under-recognized for his or her efforts.
· The Game-changing Innovator Award recognizes an individual who has developed and implemented a creative technology or practice in support of disease elimination.
· The Rising Champion Award celebrates an individual who is championing a cause related to disease elimination.
Nominations will remain open until July 12.
The Awards will be presented at the biennial Reaching the Last Mile Forum in November in front government officials, bilateral and multilateral aid leaders, global health experts, and industry leaders.