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  • The MCTA is an INDEPTH Network project which aims to strengthen clinical trial capacity, share results of real, on-the-ground trial activities and to codify best practices.
  • It will enable African institutions and scholars to participate fully in the development of new tools for addressing malaria and in conducting interventions against malaria, and will create a long-term partnership between African and Northern institutionsfrican-led institution
  • Initially, MCTA will work in partnership with two other Gates Foundation grantees, the Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), to train personnel and improve facilities and infrastructure to ensure the successful execution of clinical trials in 10 countries across Africa (Mozambique, Gabon, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya and Senegal) where trial sites have been identified for participation or are already participating in clinical trials.
  • In the long term, the objective is to identify, support, strengthen, mentor and network trial sites to facilitate their self-sustainability, ensuring that trial sites remain functional after the end of a trial and thus increasing the number of sites in Africa which will be ready to conduct trials for malaria vaccine and drug interventions.
  • MCTA will ensure that the trial sites are equipped with proper management, the tools to identify, hire and train staff, database and communications systems and transparent financial systems.
Picture Gallery depicting infrastructure and activities at MCTA Trial Sites in Africa

Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné

Bagamoyo/Ifakara Health Institute

Centro De Investicao em Saude de Manhiça- Maputo

KEMRI CGMRC Kilifi

Kintampo Health Research Centre

Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Agogo

MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Nanoro (IRSS), Burkina Faso

National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga Medical Research Centre

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Malawi

Service de Parasitologie - Université Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar 

State Specialist Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Maiduguri

The Blantyre Malaria Project Research Clinic, Ndirande District Health Centre

The Malaria Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

University of North Carolyna Project, Lilongw, Malawi