OPTIC-TB: Kick Off meeting in Dar es-Salaam in August 2024
Coordinator Prof Amani Mori, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´, welcomed all the participants from DR Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Norway, and gave a brief introduction of the consortium and their roles.
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With over 50 participants, the two-day kick-off meeting was organised in Tanzania by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and Kampala International University in Tanzania (KIUT) to officially launch the project. Here, representatives from all the partner institutions met for the first time together with key stakeholders to discuss the project objective, review work packages, evaluate data collection tools and review prospective PhD-candidate's concept notes.
In addition to introductory remarks from all the beneficiaries, there was also a presentation by EDCPT representative Dr Erika Gaspari. She gave an overview of the development of the EDCTP programme, and the vision of EDCTP3. She also emphasized the importance of following the reporting requirements and system provided.
The rest of day one included scientific presentations about tuberculosis from different viewpoints, status for all 8 work packages and reporting requirements.
At the meeting on day two, there was a presentation and thorough discussion of the Data Collection Tools to be used. There were presentations from potential PhD-candidates, followed by discussion of their proposals. There was also time for a presentation about monitoring and evaluations of project activities, milestones and deliverables.