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Africa CDC Webinar for Clinical Care of COVID-19 - 29 October 2020

Wed, Oct 28, 2020

The Africa CDC Institute for Workforce Development has developed a Clinical Community of Practice to help African physicians and other clinical providers diagnose and treat patients with the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and debate challenging clinical issues.

Date: 29 October 2020

Time: 2:00-3:00 PM EAT (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1:00-2:00 PM CAT (Johannesburg, South Africa) 12:00-1:00 PM WAT (Lagos, Nigeria) 11:00 AM-12:00 PM GMT (Bamako, Mali)

Register - http://bit.ly/COVID19_Webinar_EN7

SARIMA conference (in-person) | 1-4 August, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Thu, May 19, 2022

The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) is organising its first face-to-face forum for research and innovation (R&I) management professionals from Southern Africa and beyond. SARIMA brings together research and innovation management practitioners to strengthen these disciplines and institutional capabilities in the SADC region.

Several workshops, keynote presentations, oral and poster presentation sessions, panel discussions, and chat sessions have been announced. More information about the programme will follow.

Early registration closes 15 June 2022. Find more information here https://conference.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/2022-sarima-conference/sarima2022  

EDCTP-AIGHD Launch of a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap, 20 April 2021, 18:00-19:30 CEST

Sun, Apr 18, 2021 EDCTP and the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) are pleased to invite you to a Special Session that we are jointly organising at the Virtual Global Forum on TB Vaccines to launch a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap on 20 April 2021 at 18:00-19:30 CEST. Please find the agenda for this event enclosed for your information.

EDCTP has commissioned AIGHD to develop a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap to identify priorities for coordinating global action to accelerate the development and implementation of new TB vaccines. It has been developed through an iterative global consultative process designed to identify the key barriers to TB vaccine R&D and implementation, and potential ways in which they might be overcome. It is intended to provide a shared set of priorities to guide the activities of all stakeholders with an interest in TB vaccine development and use.

More information can be found on the EDCTP website: https://www.edctp.org/event/edctp-aighd-special-session-at-the-virtual-global-forum-on-tb-vaccines/ 

To register please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pbpKgGpRR6ejZN1B-i0bxQ

We hope that you will be able to join us and please do kindly help with disseminating this information amongst your relevant contacts.

Long COVID Research Forum, 9-10 December 2020

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

Currently very little is known about the clinical, biological, psychological and socioenvironmental impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). While most people have uncomplicated recoveries, some continue to live with prolonged illness and symptoms. The most common of these are fatigue, breathing difficulties, joint pain and chest pain. In those whose symptoms persist, COVID-19 has been associated with a worsened quality of life for almost half of them. These on-going difficulties affect not only patients who were hospitalised but also those with mild COVID-19 who were not hospitalised.

There is an urgent need for robust scientific studies into the long-term impact of COVID-19. An understanding of the breadth of the physical, psychological and social complications must be developed and any specific risk factors for developing Long COVID, and also the populations at risk, must be identified. Hospital management teams must be informed to support prevention, rehabilitation and interventions to improve recovery and patient outcomes.

For more details and to register please visit https://cconline.eventsair.com/isaric-long-covid-19-forum/register/Site/Register