African Leishmaniases Consortium (ALC) Fellows’ inception workshop: The UCRC in the spotlight!

The University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) was in the spotlight from December 13 to 15, 2025, in Tunisia, during the Fellows’ inception workshop organized by the African Leishmaniases Consortium (ALC).  VIDEO HERE This workshop, held in the presence of Professor Seydou Doumbia, Director of the UCRC, brought together fellows from diverse…

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Mali-Guinea EID-RTP: A three-day workshop in Bamako on the “One Health” approach

The University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), through its University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), organized a training workshop from December 1st to 3rd , 2025, in Bamako, to strengthen implementation capacities for “One Health” strategies. This hybrid scientific activity brought together about 30 participants, including doctors, pharmacists, environmentalists,…

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Science for Africa EPSILON project Workshop for Program and MEAL managers in Lagos: The UCRC was well represented

A delegation from the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), led by its Financial and Programs Manager, Mr. Cheick Oumar TANGARA, took part in the Science for Africa EPSILON project Workshop for Program and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Managers in Lagos, from November 24th to 28th, 2025. During this five-day…

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Pharo Prize 2025: Prize for the best doctoral thesis (medicine, pharmacy) won by Mali, thanks to a topic on the Effectiveness of Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSB)

The topic entitled: ” Effectiveness of Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSB) on different genotypes of the KDR gene in Anopheles arabiensis in Mali,” defended by Dr. Boubacar SOW in 2024, won the 2025 Pharo Prize, awarded to the best thesis (medicine, pharmacy) from French-speaking universities. This thesis, proposed and supervised by…

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CPHIA 2025: “Mpox Research R&D 2.0 and reflections on the need for Collaborative Clinical and One Health Research as a basis for future outbreaks”, on the agenda of a high-level panel

The 4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2025) opened on 22 October 2025, at the Durban International Convention Center in South Africa, launching a four-day convening under the theme: “Moving Towards Self-Reliance to Achieve Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa.” The conference that spotlights African-led innovations,…

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Contextual constraints and dilemmas influencing health providers’ prescription practices in a conflict-affected area: Qualitative insights from Mopti, Mali

Issa Coulibaly 1*, Yacouba Diarra1, Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed 1,2,3, Raffaella Ravinetto4,5, Seydou Doumbia1, Karina Kielmann. 1 University of Sciences, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako; Bamako, Mali, 2 Sherpa University Institute, Montreal, Canada, 3 Evaluation and Health Policy Department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 4 Department of Public Health, Institute of…

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Inter-Research Collaboration: A University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako Delegation Visits the UCRC Laboratories

A delegation from the University of Science, Technology, and Engineering of Bamako (USTTB) visited the laboratories of the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) on August 12th, 2025.Composed of senior officials and faculty members from the Faculties of Science and Technology (FST), Medicine and Odontostomatology (FMOS), Pharmacy (FAPH), and the Institute of…

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