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August 2007
Cash Boost for Ugandan Malaria Research
SciDev.Net - 28 August 2007
Malaria research activities at Uganda's Makerere University have been boosted by grants from the African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET). The University's medical school has received US$386,000 for .......
Uganda: Sh641 for Malaria Vaccine Project
New Vision - 09
August 2007
Makerere University Medical School has received $386,000 (about sh641m) to establish a malaria clinical trial and health research ethics centre. The money was donated by the African Malaria Network Trust..... ...
June 2007
African ethics review committees are weak
The Guardian - IPPMedia- 02
June 2007
Majority of ethics review committees in Africa are weak,
it has been revealed. Addressing 30 participants from
ten African countries in a five day training workshop on
Health Research Ethics (HRE), in Dar es Salaam
yesterday, the African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET)
Managing Trustee, Prof. Wen Kilama said the ethics
review committees in Africa were weak and were not
operating optimally, ...
May 2007
Don stresses quality research
Daily News - TSN - 28 May
2007
He was opening a five-day workshop on health research
organised by the African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET).
Prof Wen Kilama, AMANET Managing Trustee, ...
March 2007
Anti-Malaria War Gets $4.1m From
Gates
The East African (posted at the BioPortfolio) - 5-11 March 2007
African Malaria
Network Trust (AMANET) - has received $4.1 million from
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to do more
research on the tropical killer disease. The funding
will also be used for building institutional capacity in
health research ethics (HRE) across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr Charles Wanga, communications officer of AMANET, told
The EastAfrican last week that the four-year grant would
promote and foster discussion, research and publications
that highlight African malaria perspectives, ...
February 2007
Malaria vaccine still years away, say experts
The
Guardian - IPPMedia - 28 February 2007
The world is still nowhere near coming up with a
surefire vaccine for malaria, the coordinator of
clinical trials with the African Malaria Network Trust
(AMANET) has said. Dr. Roman Chilengi said here
yesterday that it might take up to 2015 to striking a
50-50 possibility of finding a vaccine for children from
the leading killer disease in sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Malaria control still a challenge –Scientists
SomaliNet- 25 February 2007
A malaria network administrator observed in Tanzania’s
city of Dar es Salaam on Wednesday that scientists and
researchers consider malaria as the most challenging
disease to prevent and control, ...
Malaria network gets 49bn/- from Bill Gates
The Guardian - IPPMedia -
21 February 2007
The African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET) has received
a US$4.1 million grant equivalent, to 49.2bn/-, from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. According to the
statement signed by AMANET Communication Officer, Dr
Charles Wanga, the four-year grant is aimed at
strengthening institutional capacity in health research
ethics (HRE) in Africa...
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