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News on tuberculosis and the Stop TB Partnership
New TB vaccine candidate enters Phase IIb clinical trial in South Africa
22 April 2009 - Oxford, UK, Rockville, MD (USA), Cape Town, South Africa - A Phase IIb clinical trial will test some 2800 South African children under the age of one year for the safety and immunogenicity of a promising new TB vaccine developed at the University of Oxford. Read more...
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Création d'un réseau des associations de lutte contre la tuberculose dans les pays de langue française
6 avril 2009 -- Ouagadougou/Yaoundé -- Les activistes francophones ont créé un réseau de lutte contre la tuberculose. Son lancement a été suivi de la signature de la charte par les représentants de dix associations. Read more...
Lisez la Charte de principes du Forum Francophone contre la tuberculose et la coinfection TB/VIH
National Stop TB Partnership launched in the Dominican Republic
1 April 2009 - Santo Domingo - HE Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, First Lady of the Dominican Republic and HE Rafael Alburquerque, the country’s Vice President, were present at the launch of a national Stop TB Partnership here today. Read more...
WHO calls drug-resistant TB a time bomb as the Gates Foundation and Chinese government announce a $33 million initiative to fight it
1 April 2009 - Beijing -- WHO Director-General Margaret Chan warned today that the global epidemic of drug-resistant TB is poised to spin out of control and urged countries to fight the growing threat.
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Panoscope,daily paper of the 3rd Stop TB Partners Forum
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Announcements
Applications for Grand Challenges in Global Health grants now being accepted
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grants offered by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to researchers for developing new tools to address major but inadequately addressed diseases that affect developing countries. The programme seeks to engage creative minds across scientific disciplines - including those who have not traditionally taken part in health research - to work on solutions that could lead to breakthrough advances. Applications are being accepted through 28 May.
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Call for nominations for the Kochon Prize
The Stop TB Partnership-Kochon Prize supports the global fight against tuberculosis.The Prize is awarded once a year to persons, institutions or organizations that have made a highly significant contribution to combating tuberculosis. The prize consists of a medal and US$ 65 000.
Nominations for the 2009 Kochon Prize must be submitted by 23:59 GMT + 1 on 31 July 2009
Calls for proposal from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has issued two calls for proposals. Read more...
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