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Towards the establishment of a permanent European Virtual Institute dedicated to Malaria Research (EVIMalaR) (EVIMalaR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

This is a proposal from 55 partners from 36 institutes to form a NoE that will seek to integrate European malaria research that is directed towards a better understanding of the basic biology of the parasite, its vector and of the biology of the interactions between the parasite and both its mammalian host and vectors. All the member institutes and researchers have demonstrated both their excellen ...
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The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing Worldviews and Crises (GHG)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Globalisation has changed health conditions worldwide, affecting the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions. While historically many health issues have readily crossed borders (e.g. Black Plague), the intensification and extensification of contemporary globalisation processes has required new forms of governance to address changed global health needs. How do we collectively protect and prom ...
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Novel staple food-based strategies to improve micronutrient status for better health and development in sub-Saharan Africa (INSTAPA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"Malnutrition, and especially deficiencies of micronutrients like iron, zinc and vitamin A, undermine the progress towards most of the Millennium Development Goals. In view of the serious coverage, compliance and safety concerns of supplementation, this project aims to identify novel staple food-based approaches to improve micronutrient malnutrition for better health and development of women and c ...
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EUropean Cross Border Care Collaborations Short Title: CrossEurope (EUCBCC)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"EUCBCC aims to facilitate a process whereby Europe's citizens can make informed choices about whether to seek health care in another Member State and, if they so choose, to ensure that the admin and clinical processes are straightforward and ensure continuity of care. It takes as its starting point the recent draft Directive on Patients' Rights, augmented by the existing body of research on cross ...
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European Network of Vaccine Development and Research (TRANSVAC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"The TRANSVAC infrastructure will accelerate the pharmaceutical and clinical development of promising vaccine candidates by bringing the gap between academic research and clinical trials through carefully managing the advancement of promising vaccine candidates from preclinical animal models to early proof-of-principle studies in humans. Although expertise already exists within Europe spanning dif ...
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Developing the Framework for an Epidemic Forecast Infrastructure (EPIWORK)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

In recent years a huge flow of quantitative social, demographic and behavioural data is becoming available spurring the quest for innovative technologies that can improve the traditional disease-surveillance systems, providing faster and better localized detection capabilities and resulting in a broad practical impact. Improved ICT techniques and methodologies support the inter-linkage and integra ...
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Arrhythmogenic potential of drugs (ARITMO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The ability of some compounds to prolong the QT interval of the electrocardiogram and to precipitate Torsade de Pointes (TdP, a potentially fatal arrhythmia) has caused several regulatory interventions, including drug withdrawals. Specific guidelines have been implemented to detect QT liability of new compounds as early as possible. However there is growing evidence that an increase in the QT inte ...
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Health in Times of Transition: Trends in Population Health and Health Policies in CIS Countries (HITT-2008)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"Goal: To understand long-term trends of population health as a consequence of socio-economic transitions, with a focus on lifestyle-related issues. Overviews: A unique team with extensive expertise in health effects of transition will generate new knowledge on health determinants in 11 CIS countries: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and G ...
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health-economic modelling of PREvention strategies for Hpv-related Diseases in European CounTries (PREHDICT)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"The goals of the PREHDICT study are to determine prerequisites and strategies for vaccination in European countries and to predict the impact of vaccination on screening programmes. To achieve these goals, a multiple HPV type transmission model will be built to describe the type-specific incidence and clearance of HPV infections. This model will be linked to an individual-based simulation model u ...
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Comparative epidemiology of genetic lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi (ChagasEpiNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The focus of this multidisciplinary proposal is to elucidate the epidemiology of the genetic lineages of T. cruzi, for improved understanding and prevention of Chagas disease. The project will unite skills in genotyping, genomics, genetics and pathogenesis in Europe with considerable compatible skills in South America, and with key research in endemic areas that have distinct characteristics. The ...
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Signalling in life cycle stages of malaria parasites (MALSIG)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

Malaria is a major public health problem in the developing world and is endemic in many regions of India. The development of novel strategies for malaria control requires a better understanding of the biology of malaria parasites. Our project aims at bringing a significant contribution to this field, through dissecting the signalling pathways that regulate essential processes in the life cycle o ...
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Development of a DNA vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHDNAVAX)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

"This project will focus on the preclinical development of a DNA vaccine for human visceral leishmaniasis. The project is based upon the DNA vaccine technology and immunomodulators developed at Mologen AG (Berlin, Germany), which are in clinical development for cancer and 3-5 known antigens that already have demonstrated profiles of protection in animal models of leishmaniasis. Antigens will be se ...
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Targeting the Leishmania kinome for the development of novel anti-parasitic strategies (LEISHDRUG)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan parasites Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum and is a potentially fatal disease in endemic areas around the world. During the infectious cycle, Leishmania alternate between the insect promastigote stage and the vertebrate aflagellate amastigote stage that proliferates inside infected host macrophages provoking the pathology of the disease ...
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Exploring and understanding adverse drug reactions by integrative mining of clinical records and biomedical knowledge (EU-ADR)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Serious adverse effects resulting from the treatment with thalidomide prompted modern drug legislation more than 40 years ago. Post-marketing spontaneous reporting systems for suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) have been a cornerstone to detect safety signals in pharmacovigilance. It has become evident that adverse effects of drugs may be detected too late, when millions of persons have alrea ...
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Full Costs of Climate Change (ClimateCost)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

There is increasing interest in the economics of climate change to inform policy on a) long-term targets, b) the costs of inaction (the economic effects of climate change), and c) the costs and benefits of adaptation. The objectives of this study are to advance knowledge across all three areas, i.e. the full economic costs of climate change, through the following tasks: 1. To identify and develop ...
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Health Services Research into European Policy and Practice: preparation and organisation of a European Health Services Research Conference (HSREPP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

"This proposal addresses the objectives of the call for a Health Services Research Conference. Our aim is to identify, evaluate and improve the contribution of HSR to the health policy process at the level of Member States and the EU. For this purpose we will organise a working conference aimed at active involvement of researchers (both established as well as upcoming experts), together with polic ...
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