European malaria vaccine initiative

Objective

To contribute to the European Commission's Accelerated Action for Control of the Poverty Related Diseases by sustaining and expanding a European Clinical Trials and Development Platform for Malaria vaccines, enabling co-ordination of EC and EU efforts. To ensure international co-ordination and collaboration in malaria vaccines development and testing. To put in place a structure needed to ensure rapid and flexible reaction to technological and scientific breakthroughs in malaria vaccine development. To provide a mechanism for EU Member States' financial contributions towards achieving the common goal of developing affordable and accessible vaccines in endemic areas.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › health sciences › infectious diseases › malaria
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › pharmacology and pharmacy › pharmaceutical drugs › vaccines

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.2.1.-3. - Co-ordination

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Address

10,armauer Hansen Building
5021 Bergen
Norway