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!! Call for scientific symposia !! Eleventh EDCTP Forum | Paris, France | 7-10 November 2023 (deadline: 17 May 2023)

Mon, Apr 3, 2023 The EDCTP Forum Programme Committee invites applications for scientific symposia to be held in person at the Eleventh EDCTP Forum.

Each symposium is 90 minutes in duration. The symposium format will include discussion and exchange of views with Forum delegates, aiming to advance science, policy and community engagement through the symposium.

The Programme Committee welcomes symposia on topics in the EDCTP remit, with relevance to the Forum theme ‘Partnering for Global Health Research Innovation and Impact in Africa’. 

The content of the symposium should be a topic that is:
- Novel, important and timely
- Relevant to the Forum theme and remit of EDCTP
- Of interest to a broad group of stakeholders and Forum delegates
Symposia focusing on a single programme or institution are discouraged

For more information and the application form click here

Visit from one of the well-known EDCTP Fellows to the Africa Office

Wed, Feb 22, 2023 We appreciate your visit to the EDCTP Africa Office, Prof. Jean Nachega.
Prof. Nachega came to express his continued support for the EDCTP program and to encourage other scientists both within and outside of the alumni to collaborate in the south by submitting joint grant applications for the EDCTP and engaging in other cooperative activities.

Research costing seminar (Spanish)

Fri, Dec 3, 2021 TDR, ESSENCE, SARIMA and CEDEIM are organising the free webinar ‘Five keys to optimizing the costing and pricing of research in low and middle-income countries’ in Spanish (‘Cinco claves para optimizar el cálculo de costos y estableciemento de precios de investigación en países de bajos y medios ingresos’). Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/JiMkYLyD5U

Dr Misaki Wayengera (TMA2016CDF1545) announced in 30 finalists for WHO Innovation Challenge!

Tue, Mar 12, 2019

The top 30 health-oriented innovations selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge will be presented on opening day of the second WHO Africa Health Forum in Praia, Cabo Verde, on 26 March 2019.

The WHO Innovation Challenge received a total of 2 471 applications in just four weeks from 77 countries – 44 countries in Africa. A panel of independent evaluators assessed and profiled the innovations in terms of the potential for making impact as well as ability to be scaled up in a sustainable way. More than a third of the submissions came from women.

In addition to showcasing the 30 best-profiled innovations during the three-day WHO Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde, other innovations that were submitted will be exhibited on our dynamic virtual marketplace platform currently under development. When fully operational, the platform will connect diverse stakeholders, ranging from government ministry officials and health experts to academics, business angels and investors to support further development and the scaling up of these ideas.

Among all the applications received, 639 made it through to the evaluation phase. This is a reflection of the challenges that innovators face in making progress from ideas to development and eventual broad-based application of their solutions. Investments in the innovation ecosystem that are complemented by innovation-friendly policies remain critical for further encouraging and supporting development of innovative solutions to solve Africa’s health challenges.

https://afro.who.int/news/who-innovation-challenge-announce-30-finalists-africa-health-forum-cabo-verde

http://innov.afro.who.int/innovators/dr-misaki-wayengera-34