Conducting clinical trials in five Eastern European countries (EU-EECs) with a focus on Bulgaria

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

EDCTP was established by the European Union in 2003. The first EDCTP program ran until 2015 and focused on HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. It supported numerous clinical trials that aimed to have a significant impact on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of these diseases. In light of significant unmet medical needs, the scope of EDCTP was extended in 2014, now covering neglected infec...

Social representations of HIV/AIDS in five Central European and Eastern European countries: a multidimensional analysis.

Cognitive processing models of risky sexual behaviour have proliferated in the two decades since the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, but far less attention has been paid to individual and group representations of the epidemic and the relationship between these representations and reported sexual behaviours. In this study, 494 business people and medics from Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland and Ru...

Non-Price Competitiveness Gains of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries in the EU Market

Barriers for conducting clinical trials in developing countries- a systematic review

BACKGROUND Clinical trials for identification of efficient and effective new diagnostic and treatment modalities are needed to address disproportionately high burden of communicable (e.g., HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria) and non-communicable diseases (e.g., diabetes) in developing countries. However, gross under-representation in global clinical trial platforms contributes to sustained hea...