In the closing plenary session, Dr Michael Makanga, recently unveiled as the new Executive Director of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, introduced a distinguished…
Inequalities in global health
A plenary session was devoted to a debate in which two teams argued for or against the motion ‘Resetting of local priorities is essential to…
Maternal and neonatal health
A keynote address from Professor Claudia Hanson and a subsequent panel discussion explored the factors affecting maternal and neonatal survival – and the need to…
Maternal and child health
EDCTP-funded projects have identified ways to enhance two proven malaria prevention strategies, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy and seasonal malaria chemoprevention. Intermittent preventive treatment of…
Nothing less than health for all: essential elements for sustainable NTD control and elimination through medical innovation
A sponsored satellite session heard how teams at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) are making exceptional progress in the battle against neglected tropical…
Closing ceremony – maintaining the momentum
A distinguished panel of speakers from Africa and Europe applauded EDCTP2’s work to date and looked forward to even greater successes through the Global Health…
Mind the Gap: Perspectives on the pilot implementation of the first malaria vaccine
A sponsored satellite symposium focused on lessons to be learned from the pilot implementation programme for RTS,S/AS01, the first effective malaria vaccine. The world has…
Networks of excellence
A scientific symposium reviewed the contributions that EDCTP Networks of Excellence have been making to capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2009, EDCTP has funded…
Advances in vaccines and neutralising antibodies development
A Forum parallel session on 9 November afternoon heard about exciting progress in vaccine development against bacterial pathogens and malaria. Catch up campaigns with a…
Africa needs stronger institutions: what is making it happen?
An outstanding malaria researcher in his own right, Professor Abdoulaye Djimdé has also been instrumental in strengthening research capacity both in Mali and in surrounding…