Twelfth EDCTP Forum

15–20 Jun 2025 | Kigali, Rwanda

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Tuesday, 17 June 2025 | 16:30 - 18:00

2.6 Scientific symposia: Shaping the future: Advancing equitable and ethical research to meet women’s therapeutic needs

Location:MH 3Track:Scientific symposia

Chairs: Hellen Barsosio and Myriam El Gaaloul

Presentations:

**Protecting pregnant women through research rather than from research: introduction to a paradigm shift
**Stephanie Dellicour, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom

**Community engagement to overcome the ethical challenges of involving pregnant women in clinical trials - learnings from previous studies and SAFIRE Formative research
**Innocent Valea, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut De Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (CRUN-IRSS), Burkina Faso

**Paving the way to equitable access to malaria treatments, top line results from PYRAPREG and MiMBa
**Kassoum Kayentao, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB) / International Center for Excellence in Research (ICER), Mali

Panel discussion moderated by Hellen Barsosio:

  • Stephanie Dellicour, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom

  • Innocent Valea, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut De Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (CRUN-IRSS), Burkina Faso

  • Kassoum Kayentao, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB) / International Center for Excellence in Research (ICER), Mali

  • Esperança Sevene, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), Mozambique

  • Umberto D'Alessandro, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia