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“It’s time” - World Tuberculosis Day 2019
Each year on March 24, the World TB Day aims to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and the current global efforts made to end the TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way... -
EDCTP Consortium Meets in South Africa
The second annual meeting of the EDCTP-funded PredictTB partners took place in the rural setting of the Robertson winelands in the Western Cape, South Africa, on 25 and 26 March 2019. The PredictTB consortium was thrilled to personally welcome the new EDCTP project officer Dr. Daniel Weibel to the meeting, which was hosted by UCT SATVI, one of... -
Meet us at the EDCTP Forum 2018 in Lisbon
From 17-21 September, the biennial EDCTP Forum will bring together researchers from around the world under this year’s theme “Clinical research and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa: the impact of North-South partnerships” in Lisbon, Portugal. PredictTB Partners will be present at the Forum to inform about this large strategic action... -
New Pan Africa Cytometry Association (PACA) founded
PACA aims to provide a platform for scientists, technologists and industrial partners in Africa, working in any field of Cytometry, including Flow Cytometry, Mass Cytometry and Imaging Cytometry, to network and share educational and scientific resources, ultimately promoting research and the development of Cytometry applications in Africa.... -
Registration open for 2018 South African TB Conference
The 5th South African TB Conference entitled “Step-Up! Let’s Embrace All to End TB!” will take place at Durban ICC from 12-15 June 2018. Early registration, scholarship application and abstract submission is now open. The Conference will not only review successes in the battle against TB in Southern Africa but also outline the challenges faced,... -
PredictTB featured in EDCTP Annual Report 2016
The EDCTP has recently published its Annual Report 2016, highlighting the programme’s work in the past year and showcasing its funding priorities as well as its considerable project portfolio. EDCTP Executive Director Dr Michael Makanga points out in his introductory remarks that EDCTP continues to be an ambitious programme and that 2016 was a... -
PredictTB in the media
The start of PredictTB and the Kick-Off Meetings in China and Cape Town have been reported on in several articles and news items in the internet, including an interview with Prof. Gerhard Walzl, leader of the EDCTP PredictTB project, on Cape Talk Radio: The EDCTP on the launch of the PredictTB projectArticle in the Daily Dispatch, a daily... -
World TB day 2017: Advocating for a world without TB
World TB day on 24 March hopes to highlight the global burden of Tuberculosis (TB) and the priorities of future research. Although TB incidence has fallen by an average of 1.5% per year since 2000, TB is still one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In 2015, an estimated...