Healthcare and public health research

A multidisciplinary consortium of African and European researchers responded to the urgent call from the European Union by developing a research project on the current Monkeypox outbreak in central Africa.

May 29, 2024 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 0 tags

The spread of Mpox virus (MPXV) in Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Republic of Congo (RoC) presents an urgent public health concern with global implications. MPXV cases

African-European Symposium: Challenges in Research Ethics Assessment, 13:00 – 18:00 CET, May 25th, 2021.

May 7, 2021 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 16 tags

The symposium, organised by The Embassy of Good Science, in collaboration with EUREC, BERC-Luso, AfriEthique, and LiberHetica, aims to facilitate the sharing of experiences and perspectives on research ethics assessment challenges between African and

The Congolese National Medicines Regulatory Authority (DPM) with WHO to guarantee the development and circulation of safe and effective drugs, by implementing the Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT)

March 10, 2021 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 10 tags

As part of the strengthening of health systems and in particular the regulation of drugs and health products within the Africlinique project, the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO),

SEARCH project kick-off meeting

February 15, 2021 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 4 tags

After months of intense preparation, the SEARCH (SouthErn Africa Regulatory for Clinical researcH) will have its project kick-off meeting. The Partners from all countries of SEARCH Consortium (Mozambique, Botswana, Eswatini,

Second European-African training for the Congolese team on “SARS-CoV-2 detection by ApoH enzyme”

January 23, 2021 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 9 tags

As part of the implementation of ITAIL-COVID-19 project funded by the European Development Countries Partnership for Clinical Trials (EDCTP) and coordinated by the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research (FCRM), the

Exemplary coordination of African researchers and scientists

December 12, 2020 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 10 tags

Exemplary coordination of African researchers and scientists involved in the response to the pandemic to study treatments that prevent serious complications of COVID-19 https://bit.ly/37SvaCz

What if tropical diseases had as much attention as COVID?

November 21, 2020 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 3 tags

In this article published by Nature, Prof. Francine Ntoumi addresses how the efforts to tackle Covid-19 are consequently and tragically neglecting all other diseases, for which it is estimated that

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse recent progress in reducing the global burden of Tuberculosis

November 21, 2020 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 5 tags

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse recent progress in reducing the global burden of tuberculosis. The global number of deaths for tuberculosis could increase by around 200.000–400.000 in 2020 alone,

INTEGRATION

November 2, 2020 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 13 tags

“This project will improve malaria prevention strategies for both children, pregnant women and families as a whole as the study is being conducted in families which will raise awareness of

From 2003 at the forefront of supporting Sub-Saharan Africa’s response to poverty-related infectious diseases, EDCTP plays a key role also in the African response to Covid-19

October 27, 2020 Dario Scaramuzzi 0 Comments 9 tags

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is a public-public partnership between countries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, supported by the European Union, which since 2003 has been