USAID [to 30 April 2016]
http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases
April 25, 2016
Statement by USAID Administrator Gayle Smith on World Malaria Day
On World Malaria Day, USAID joins partners across the globe in commemorating incredible progress in the fight against malaria. But our fight is not over. A child still dies every two minutes from malaria. So we must also answer President Obama’s call and work to end malaria within a generation.
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EDCTP [to 30 April 2016]
http://www.edctp.org/
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials.
25 April 2016
World Malaria Day 2016: joining forces to end malaria
There has been remarkable progress made in malaria control based on current World health Organisation estimates. Nonetheless, there is still much to be done in the fight against malaria in malaria prevention, diagnostic testing and treatment. The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) supports malaria research in sub-Saharan African countries by funding clinical trials conducted by African-European research partnerships, as well as strengthening individual and institutional capacities to conduct trials. Since 2003, EDCTP has financed 42 malaria grants in malaria prevention, diagnostic testing and treatment. EDCTP, now in its second programme, is committed to continue working in partnership in a joint effort geared towards ending malaria.…