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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…

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…

Community Health Center of the village of Freintoumou (ComHC) receives a significant donation of medical equipment US$ 25,305.35

Located in the Ouéléssébougou health district, the Community Health Center of the village of Freintoumou, in the Koulikoro Region, bearing the name of Professor Seydou DOUMBIA, has received a significant donation of medical equipment. EN-VIDEO HERE The donation, which includes…

12th EDCTP Forum: PREVAC-UP study results presented by Dr Ilo DICKO, clinical investigator and research project coordinator at UCRC

From 15 to 20 June 2025, the 12th European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Forum (EDCTP) was held in Kigali on the theme: ‘Better health through global research partnerships’. During this high-level scientific meeting, which brought together researchers from…

Bamako: The health of IDPs is a concern tackled by Researchers from University Clinical Research Center and Belgian Institute of Tropical Medicine

The health of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mali, as in many other regions facing forced displacement, is a major concern. Due to the harsh living conditions in host sites, internally displaced persons (IDPs) are particularly vulnerable to health problems,…

Prevention and control of DENGUE in West Africa:  A Study at the University Clinical Research Center Reveals Relevant Indicators using VirCapSeq-VERT

Dengue fever, also known as “tropical flu,” is an infectious disease caused by the virus of the same name, transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes or “tiger mosquitoes,” which develops mainly in urban and peri-urban areas. Now classified as a…