CONSORTIUM
FUNDER
THE EUROPEAN & DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CLINICAL TRIALS PARTNERSHIP ( EDCTP )
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership funds clinical research to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials.
SPONSOR
FRANCE RECHERCHE NORD & SUD SIDA‐HIV HÉPATITES ( ANRS ) - INSERM | FRANCE
The Inserm-ANRS is a specialized agency within Inserm, operating as an autonomous agency and dedicated to research on AIDS and viral Hepatitis. The ANRS consolidates, coordinates, drives, and funds all public research in France on AIDS and viral hepatitis B and C; and has been the sponsor of dozen clinical trials conducted in Sub Saharan Africa since 1988.
COORDINATING INSTITUTION
UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX - INSERM | FRANCE
The University of Bordeaux is ranked among the top French universities for the quality of its education and research. It si a multidisciplinary, research-focused, international institution. Bordeaux Population Health Research Center (University of Bordeaux and INSERM U1219 joint unit) shares with PAC-CI 20 years of experience in design, implementation, and analysis of clinical intervention studies in the field of HIV and other infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
PROGRAMME PACCI ( PAC-CI ) | IVORY COAST
PAC-CI is an ongoing partnership between the French and Ivorian Republics, with the full involvement of the Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales (ANRS), the Ministry of Health and the Fight against AIDS, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development (ISPED), the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and the University of Bordeaux, which have joined forces to create a research centre of excellence to develop scientific and medical research not only on HIV/AIDS but also on other infectious diseases.
PAC-CI shares with Bordeaux Population Health Research Center 20 years of experience in design, implementation, and analysis of clinical intervention studies in the field of HIV and other infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ( UCT ) | SOUTH AFRICA
University of CapTown (UCT) is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship.
UCT, and more specifically the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa is well-recognised for world class research in the area of tuberculosis with an established clinical research team and track record which proves its ability to host successful clinical trials.
CENTRE D'INFECTIOLOGIE CHARLES MÉRIEUX ( CICM ) | MADAGASCAR
Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux Madagascar is a research and training centre for infectious diseases of major importance in public health and certain neglected tropical diseases. It is a non-profit public structure governed by a partnership agreement between the University of Antananarivo, the Malagasy Ministry of Health and Fondation Mérieux.
The center offers to researchers and students a platform for leading scientific partnerships and works closely with public hospitals.
INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR ( IPM ) | MADAGASCAR
The Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (IPM) is a Malagasy private scientific establishment with a non-profit purpose and recognized as a public utility which mission is to contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases and economic development through research, training and public health activities.
IPM is the body in Madagascar for gathering intelligence on communicable diseases of relevance to the country, to the region and to the continent; and hosts several WHO National Center and National reference laboratories.
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES - ASSOCIATION EPICENTRE ( EPICENTRE ) | UGANDA
Epicentre is a non-governmental research organization created by Médecins sans Frontières to help improve the quality of its field interventions. Epicentre is a WHO collaborating center for research in epidemiology and response to emerging diseases.
Located within the campus of Mbarara University of Sciences and technology (MUST) and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), EPICENTRE in Uganda conducts high standard clinical in close collaboration with the MUST and MRRH.
CONSORCI INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER ( IDIBAPS ) | SPAIN
The Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer is a public biomedical research institute of excellence. It combines clinical and basic research in order to accelerate the translation of the knowledge to the benefit of the patients.
IDIBPAS is dedicated to translational research in the field of biomedicine and is very active in scientific research particularly in bacteriology and pharmacology.
HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONA ( HCB ) | SPAIN
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona is a public, centenary, university hospital with a research vocation. Assistance, research and teaching act univocally, within the framework of the Hospital, to achieve excellence.
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ( IRD ) | FRANCE
The French National Research Institute for Development (IRD) is an internationally recognised multidisciplinary organisation working primarily in partnership with Mediterranean and intertropical countries.
IRD brings to the project expertise of units, UMI233 on tuberculosis clinical research including therapeutic trials in one of the INTENSE-TBM sites in Uganda, and UMR 196 on the evaluation of disability and its consequences.
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA ( UNIGE ) | SWITZERLAND
Carrying out high-quality research in a wide range of disciplines, the University of Geneva ranks among the best French-speaking generalist universities. Its research themes cover topics as varied as the exact, natural and medical sciences as well as the social and human sciences.
UNIGE is is involved-in most cutting-edge sectors and has been active in mlti- and interdisciplinary research for several years. Given its location in Geneva, it maintains close links with various international bodies notably the WHO.
Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) is the largest University Hospital in Switzerland.
FRANCE RECHERCHE NORD & SUD SIDA‐HIV HÉPATITES ( ANRS ) - INSERM | FRANCE
The Inserm-ANRS is a specialized agency within Inserm, operating as an autonomous agency and dedicated to research on AIDS and viral Hepatitis. The ANRS consolidates, coordinates, drives, and funds all public research in France on AIDS and viral hepatitis B and C; and has been the sponsor of dozen clinical trials conducted in Sub Saharan Africa since 1988.
COUNTRIES & SITES
SOUTH AFRICA
Mitchells Plain Hospital
8 A Z Berman Dr, Lentegeur, Cape Town, 7786
Khayelitsha District Hospital
Corner Steve Biko and Walter Sisulu Drive, Khayelitsha, 7784
Dora Nginza Hospital
Spondo St, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, 6059
Linvingston and Port Elizabeth Central Hospitals
Standford Road, Korsten, Port Elizabeth, 6020
New Somerset Hospital
Portswood Road, Greenpoint, Cape Town, 8001
UGANDA
Mbarara Regional Reference Hospital
Mbarara
Regional Reference Hospital of Kabale
Kabale
MADAGASCAR
University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Mahamasina
Antananarivo
University Hospital Tambohobe
Fianarantsoa
IVORY COAST
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville
Boulevard de Marseille, Abidjan
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Cocody
Boulevard de l’université, Abidjan
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Angré
Abidjan