Valencia (Spain) 4-5 October 2023
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a European high-level conference to reflect the influence of Personalised Medicine in the evolution of healthcare to improve people’s lives. The conference brought together a large number of high-level experts and stakeholders with different background and expertise, from different types of organisations and countries, including from outside Europe, to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field of genomic-based personalised medicine, as well as aspects not covered in research and funding.
EU-Africa PerMed has had a very relevant participation in this important event. Rizwana Mia, from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), partner of the project and Prof. Michèle Ramsay, director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) of South Africa and member of the EU-Africa PerMed Advisory Board both participated as experts in the roundtable focused on: Best practices in international cooperation in the context of Personalised Medicine.
Group photo of the Roundtable on Best practices in international cooperation in the context of Personalised Medicine. Speakers; Manoel Barral-Neto, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; María Luiza Saraiva-Pereira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Michèle Ramsay, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Thomas Nyirenda, The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership; Rizwana Mia, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa. Chair: Ejner Moltzen, ICPerMed Chair.
Michèle Ramsay gave a nice overview of PM in Africa, stating that genomics is on the the rise in Africa and what is needed is to find how to translate that into action. She discussed the Europe-Africa Cooperation Framework, highlighting what each continent can offer the other and potential challenges.
Michèle Ramsay gave a nice overview of PM in Africa, stating that genomics is on the the rise in Africa and what is needed is to find how to translate that into action. She discussed the Europe-Africa Cooperation Framework, highlighting what each continent can offer the other and potential challenges.
EU-Africa PerMed consortium members participating in the Conference had the opportunity to closely interact with many relevant ongoing initiatives and programmes relevant to the project work, including the EDCTP programme and relevant PM infrastructures, as well as participate in the official launching of the new European Partnership of Personalised Medicine (EP-PerMed).
EU-Africa PerMed and EDCTP Family photo. Members of the consortium with Dr. Thomas Nyirenda, Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Development Manager and Head of Africa Office of EDCTP.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
https://cluster1event.presidencyeu.es/