Call for proposals -- R & D: HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB
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Announcement from the Stop TB Partnership
Stop TB is a global movement to accelerate social and political
action to stop the unnecessary spread of TB around the world.
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Call for proposals -- Research & Development to fight three ma-
jor communicable diseases - HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB
The European Commission now calls for proposals for clinical re-
search projects to address the three diseases - HIV/AIDS, Ma-
laria and TB. Their focus is on developing new effective inter-
ventions against three diseases from early discovery through
pre-clinical testing and up to early human trials.
The areas of interest include:
* New approaches for research into host/vector-pathogen interac-
tion for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
* Undesirable consequences of drugs and vaccines for poverty-
related diseases.
* Integration and coordination of European clinical research on
poverty-related diseases.
* Promotion of poverty-related diseases research.
European network for vaccine development covering the three dis-
eases.
* Improving participation of the private sector in poverty-
related diseases research.
* Small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs)-driven innovations
for poverty-related diseases (for SMEs).
* Development of fast tests for diagnosis of poverty-related
diseases suitable for use in resource-poor settings (for SMEs).
* Innovative delivery mechanism for treatment and depot therapy
in poverty-related diseases (for SMEs).
The total budget for this call is approximately Euro 67 million.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 9 November 2005.
The European Commission encourages participation of relevant re-
search groups from developing countries.
For more information, please visit the web sites below:
EC Research and Development on Poverty-related Diseases:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/health/poverty-diseases/index_en.html
Call for proposals:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/health/poverty-diseases/call-for-proposals_en.html
For further assistance, contact:
Motoky Hayakawa - Resource Mobilization Officer
Stop TB Partnership Secretariat
WHO/STB/TBP
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-791-1537
Fax: +41-22-791-4886
mailto:hayakawam@who.int
http://www.stoptb.org