Division (1) General Objective
United Kingdom
EDCTP2 shall contribute to the reduction of the social and economic burden of poverty-related diseases in developing countries, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, by accelerating the clinical development of effective, safe, accessible, suitable and affordable medical interventionsf1 for poverty-related diseases, in partnership with sub-Saharan Africa.
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For the purpose of this decision, ‘medical interventions’ encompass measures whose purpose is to improve or sustain health or alter the course of a disease, in particular prevention and treatment based on medicinal products such as drugs, microbicides or vaccines, including their delivery modality, follow up of treatment and prevention in the affected population as well as medical diagnostics to detect and monitor disease/health evolution.