Activities
I Congresso Nacional de Investigação em Saúde
23-24 October 2019, Cidade da Praia, Cabo-Verde
Professor Isabel Inês Araújo, from University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), participated in the “I Congresso Nacional de Investigação em Saúde”, 23-24 October 2019, Cidade da Praia, Cabo-Verde, and presented the work “Strengthening of Bioethics Committees in Lusophone Africa” during a Roundtable focused on Ethics and Health Research.
This presentation introduced the objectives of the LusoAfro-BioEthics project, highlighted the importance of the project for the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOPs), showed some preliminary results, descrided the main activities already carried out and demonstrated the relevance of the project to Uni-CV.
8th Annual ARESA Research Ethics Seminar
4-5 April 2019, Cape Town, South Africa
Professor Esperança Sevene, from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, participated in the “8th Annual ARESA Research Ethics Seminar”, 4-5 April 2019, Cape Town, and presented the work “Research Ethics Overview in Lusophone Countries in Africa” during a Plenary Session focused on Research Ethics Committees (REC) Challenges on the African Continent.
Workshop 2: Bioethics on Health Research
14-15 March, 2019, Praia, Cabo Verde
The University of Cape Verde together with the National Bioethics Committee for Health of Mozambique and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of Portugal organized the Bioethics Course in Health Research, that took place from March 14 to 15, 2019 in the City of Praia, Republic of Cabo Verde.
This short-term training workshop had 28 participants and covered the following topics: (1) History of Bioethics; (2) Standards, (3) Protocol Review: and (4) Follow-up to Protocols.
There were also two conferences opened to the public: Pre-Course Conference about “Ethics in Health Research” and a Post-Course Conference about “Human Reproductive Cloning and Genomic Edition”.
Workshop 1: Bioethics on Health Research
11-12 March 2019, Luanda, Angola
The National Bioethics Committee for Health of Mozambique and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of Portugal organized the Bioethics Course in Health Research, that took place from March 11 to 12, 2019 in the City of Luanda, Republic of Angola.
This short-term training workshop had 17 participants and covered the following topics: (1) History of Bioethics; (2) Standards, (3) Protocol Review: and (4) Follow-up to Protocols.
Bioethics Project funded by EDCTP launched in the Lusophone African Region
23 November 2018, Maputo, Mozambique
The public launch of the project “LusoAfro-BioEthics – Strengthening Bioethics Committees in Lusophone African Region” was held last Friday morning, in the 9th floor meeting room of MISAU (Mozambique MoH) in Maputo. This project is the result of a Partnership funded by EDCTP. The ceremony was headed by the Deputy Minister of Health, PhD João Leopoldo da Costa.
Participants in this event were members of the Mozambique National Bioethics Committee, IHMT-NOVA Deputy Director, researchers from UniCV (Cabo Verde) and UAN (Angola), Deputy National Directors of the Ministry of Health, researchers and members of the eight Mozambique institutional committees.
The event was also in the media, namely in RTP Africa (Portuguese Television) at the program Reporter Africa.
LusoAfro-BioEthics at the Ninth EDCTP Forum 2018
19 September 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
The “Ninth EDCTP Forum 2018” (www.edctpforum2018.org) was held from 17 to 21 September at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. The LusoAfro-BioEthics Project had a strong presence at this event, with Professor Rassul Nalá of the Mozambique National Bioethics Committee for Health, presenting ” An Overview of Research Ethics Committees Operating in Lusophone African Countries “, as part of a parallel session under the theme of “Ethics, Regulation and Pharmacovigilance “.
Professor Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins , the IHMT-UNL Deputy Director, was a member of the Forum’s Scientific Committee and moderated the Ethics and Regulation session.
LusoAfro-Bioethics Project – 1st Steering Committee Meeting
23 April 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
The 1st Steering Committee Meeting of LusoAfro-Bioethics Project was held at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT-UNL), in Lisbon, Portugal. All partners were present to review the Project’s Workplan and to discuss each of the proposed activities and refine its implementation schedule.
This project includes four training workshops to be held next year in Angola, Mozambique and Cabo Verde.