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European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
http://www.edtcp.org/

With the overall goal to reduce poverty in developing countries by improving the health of the populations, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership aims through European research integration and in partnership with Sub-Saharan African countries to develop new clinical interventions to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

Swiss academy of medical sciences
http://www.samw.ch/

The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) was founded in 1943. Its two main programmes are «Medicine and Society» and «Medical Science and Practice». With these programs the SAMS concentrates on the following activities:

Clarification of ethical questions in connection with medical developments and their effects on society;
Comprehensive reflection on the future of medicine;
Engagement in university, scientific and education politics, combined with expert and advisory activity for the attention of politicians and authorities;
Promotion of the professional training of the coming generation of scientists, especially in clinical research;
Support of the high quality of the research in biomedical and clinical research;
The connection between scientific medicine and medical practice. All these activities concern primarily the Swiss environment, but they are also strongly oriented towards international developments.

Meetings of TRREE-for Africa are supported by:
http://www.kfpe.ch/

KFPE, or the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries, is dedicated to promoting research partnerships with developing and transition countries. In this way, it wishes to contribute to sustainable development.” TRREE-for Africa is supported through the University Exchange Programme (“Echanges Universitaires”) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/2891.html

As Canada's major health research funding agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is committed to promoting health research that meets the highest standards of excellence and ethics. CIHR encourages interdisciplinary, innovative and integrative research on ethical issues pertaining to health, and also fosters the discussion of ethical issues to strengthen the culture of research ethics and integrity in Canada.

The Swiss National Science Foundation
http://www.snf.ch/E/Seiten/default.aspx

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is the most important Swiss institute promoting scientific research. It supports, as mandated by the Swiss Federal government, all disciplines, from philosophy and biology to the nanosciences and medicine.