Dr Mahamoudou TOURE and Dr. Mountaga DIALLO representing UCRC participation at the African Union Member States Consultative workshop on the Minimum requirements to conduct Preclinical research and different phases of Clinical Trial, 20th to 22nd December 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The purpose for this meeting was to address the challenges with conducting research from preclinical to Phase I-IV clinical research capacity of Africa.
The rationale for this meeting remain in the paradox clinical research capaty of Africa:
– While 17% of the world population live in Africa and the continent bears 25% of the global disease burden, the continent represent less than 4% of the global clinical trials and about 1-3% of research outputs
– limited research and development (R&D) to develop products for common diseases in Africa by African research centers. Ex: In terms of population size, Africa, China and India each has populations of about 1.4 billion, however, China is today the second largest pharma and India is the third while Africa imports nearly all of its drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics.
A total of 18 African countries were represented: Mali, Guinee Conakry, RCI, RDC, Liberia, Siera Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia.
This three-day meeting held at the Africa CDC headquarter in Addis Ababa, aimed to draft the minimum requirement for preclinical and phase 1 to 4 clinical trials for African countries.
Group work focused on reflecting on the minimum requirements in terms of human resources, infrastructure, equipment, techniques and SOPs, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance for the conduct of clinical trials, as well as identifying priority investment areas (short-, medium-, and long-term). This work will result in a roadmap document to guide Africa CDC in establishing and implementing these requirements.
The DOCUMENTS or final products of this workshop will be “ A roadmap for implementation with initial steps toward rolling out minimum requirements across institutions, including timelines, responsible entities, and suggested tools for assessment and accreditation”
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