Projects in construction…

Even if August was very calm because of summer vacation in France, the HTech4Dev initiative is still on!

Following the pre-submission process closed in July, several countries are already building detailed projects in the field of nanotechnologies and/or telemedicine.

They have been sent an “application form” to help us define their objectives, build a team and evaluate the costs. From this document, we will next work on setting up the partnership with technology providers and then look for funding.

These projects must be focused on one axis so that we can expect short term implementation, get measurable results and present it to sponsors.

Micro-Med-A 2011

The first Micro-Med-A workshop, to be held at the Protea Hotel, Kruger Gate, Mpumalanga, South Africa, from 7-10 September 2011

The first workshop focusing on defining the challenges of microsystems based diagnostics for health, addressing such areas as HIV/Aids, malaria, TB and water monitoring.

The workshop will focus on the following themes:

• Burden of disease in Africa
• Microfluidic diagnostic technologies
• Point of care diagnostics
• Water quality monitoring

See the Preliminary Programme

In order to strengthen our network of stakeholders, Claire Nové-Josserand will attend the workshop. Outcome of her visit will be posted after her return.

More about Aviesan

 






Let us present our organization AVIESAN and the way it is involved in improving health in emergent countries!

Set up in April 2009, the French National Alliance for Life Sciences and Health (Aviesan) brings together the main stakeholders of life and health sciences in France. Among our partners, some are deeply engaged in the research conducted in the South: the Pasteur Institutes, the Institute of Research for Development (I.R.D.) and the French national agency on AIDS; some have established few but strong collaboration: the French Institute for health and medical research (Inserm) and the French National center for scientific research (CNRS). Finally, Aviesan has set up a specific body dealing with issues related to the IP of products or devices designed with and for low-income countries, named CVT-Sud (Consortium de valorisation et de transfert spécialisé dans les technologies du Sud).