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Prof. Abdoulaye Djimde has been appointed Director of MRTC-Parasito - CONGRATULATIONS!

Fri, Oct 26, 2018

EDCTP would like to congtaulate Professor Abdoulaye Djimde (EDCTP Senior Fellow and RIA Coordinator) on his new appointment as the Director of MRTC-Parisito - Congratulations!

 

SSI/ISID Infectious Diseases Research Fellowships | Deadline for applications: 16 June 2023

Tue, May 30, 2023

The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI) are inviting applications for their joint Infectious Diseases Research Fellowship Program. The purpose of this programme is to support infectious disease physicians and scientists from under-resourced countries through multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training at a select biomedical institution in Zurich, Switzerland. The one-year SSI/ISID Fellowship programme is open to applicants who are 40 years or younger, citizens and permanent residents of under-resourced countries or Eastern Europe. The deadline for applications is 16 June 2023. 

More information: https://na.eventscloud.com/eSites/748378/Homepage 

Data sharing | Springer Nature | Whitepaper: Practical challenges for researchers in data sharing

Wed, May 2, 2018

In one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data (with over 7,700 respondents), Springer Nature finds widespread data sharing associated with published works and a desire from researchers that their data are discoverable. 

This whitepaper examines the results of this survey and discusses the challenges that researchers face in sharing their data. The whitepaper looks at data sharing attitudes globally, as well as in relation to region, subject and seniority.

Read more: https://researchdata.springernature.com/users/69154-springer-nature/posts/31633-whitepaper-practical-challenges-for-researchers-in-data-sharing

13th African Rotavirus Symposium - 3-4 November 2021

Mon, Aug 2, 2021

The 13th African Rotavirus Symposium (ARS), organised under the auspices of the African Rotavirus Network (AfrRN), will be a virtual event. The symposium is hosted by the University of Nairobi in partnership with WHO African Regional Office (WHO AFRO), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).
The 13th ARS will be held on the 3rd and 4th November 2021 and the format will be one 3-hour session on each day.

The theme of the symposium is “Maintaining momentum for rotavirus immunization during the COVID-19 era”

The session topics are:
Update on Rotavirus Vaccines and Immunization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
New Research Updates

  • Host interactions with rotavirus (immune/microbiome/etc.)
  • Rapid fire updates from the field
The symposium organisers are reaching out to rotavirus researchers, policymakers, clinicians, public health practitioners and health officials to share ideas, expertise and learning across organizations and countries in the areas of rotavirus vaccine introduction, vaccine impact and diarrheal disease prevention and control in Africa.

For more information visit http://afr-rn.samrc.ac.za/ars2021/abstracts.html