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Oct, 2018
Another successful European Tr@inforPedHIV residential course has come to a close. Rome welcomed an international team of faculty and delegates for three days of innovative and interactive training.
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Oct, 2018
On November 3rd-5th the annual ZIKAction Consortium meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 40 researchers, health professionals and project managers from partner organizations are planning to participate in the meeting which aims at overviewing the ongoing project studies and setting goals for the upcoming year.
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Oct, 2018
Held in the historic setting of Athens, Greece, we are pleased to announce that the first ID-EPTRI GA Meeting was a big success.
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Oct, 2018
Congratulations to the CHAPAS paediatric HIV trials team! It has been awarded the prestigious European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) prize for Outstanding Research Team. The EDCTP prize recognises the team’s scientific excellence, and their major contribution to strengthening clinical research capacity in Africa, and networking between the partners. The CHAPAS (Children with HIV in Africa – Pharmacokinetics and Acceptability of Simple antiretroviral regimens) team has worked together for over a decade. It includes partners in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, the Netherlands and the UK. Their research focuses on […]
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Oct, 2018
A warm welcome to the PHRU based in Soweto, South Africa, as the SMILE clinical trial’s first African site. In the few days they have been recruiting: Dr Avy Violari (Principal Investigator) and colleagues have already screened three trial participants. We wish them the best success in achieving their goal of 50 children joining SMILE from the greater Johannesburg area in the coming months.
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Oct, 2018
Authors: Bollen P, Turkova A, Hilda Mujuru H, et al. The ODYSSEY Trial Team Published in: 10th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics, Amsterdam, 20-21st July 2018. Poster Number 22
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Oct, 2018
Authors: Moore CL, Kekitinwa A, Kaudha E, et al; the ODYSSEY Trial Team Published in: 10th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics, Amsterdam, July 20-21st, 2018. Poster Number 34
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Oct, 2018
Authors: Moreira-Soto A, Torres MC, Lima de Mendonça MC, et al. Published in: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018;24(9):1019.e1-1019.e4 Objectives Since December 2016, Brazil has experienced an unusually large outbreak of yellow fever (YF). Whether urban transmission may contribute to the extent of the outbreak is unclear. The objective of this study was to characterize YF virus (YFV) genomes and to identify spatial patterns to determine the distribution and origin of YF cases in Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, the most affected Brazilian states during the current YFV outbreak. […]
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Oct, 2018
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) have published today a joint action plan to support the development of medicines for children in Europe.
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Oct, 2018
Authors: Bernays S, Namukwaya S, Mupambireyi Z, Nanduudu A, Mujuru H, Turkova A, Gibb DM, Seeley J, and the ODYSSEY Trial Team. Published in: 10th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics, Amsterdam, July 20-21st 2018. Poster number 117
