OUR PARTNERS
»When you travel far, you don’t go alone«
ETiCCS will cooperate with cervical cancer experts in national and international academic institutions as well as with high profile international business. ETiCCS has already been awarded a prestigious grant by the German Ministry of Research and Education to assess in LMICs (Kenya and Ethiopia) the validity of a cutting-edge screening tool for cervical cancer. With SAP, ETiCCS has also secured the support of a world-renowned expert in business software technology, design and production, who developed a state-of-the-art data and information management tool appropriate for fragile infrastructures in LMICs.
SAP, Walldorf, Germany
Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, with locations in more than 130 countries, SAP SE is the world leader in enterprise software and software-related services. SAP is at the center of today’s technology revolution, developing innovations that not only help businesses run like never before, but also improve the lives of people everywhere. As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. The Design and Co-Innovation Center, based at the AppHaus in Heidelberg, designs customer-specific solutions together with end users in a new creative way.
Jomo Kenyatta University, Nairobi Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta University, Nairobi Kenya has already gained experience with innovative biomarkers for cervical cancer screening in rural African settings in a recent collaboration with Heidelberg University, Germany. This will allow to directly transferring experiences to Tanzania.
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) is the second National Referral Hospital in Kenya. It is located in Eldoret, in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It was opened in 1917 as a cottage hospital and it was not until the establishment of Moi University in 1984 and the subsequent establishment of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University that the hospital elevated from a district hospital to a teaching and referral institution. The hospital has an 800 bed capacity and received patients from western Kenya, parts of Eastern Uganda, and the southern Sudan. The AMPATH Centre is connected to MTRH and the staff work very closely together. Students from Moi University School of Medicine learn at this hospital, and students and residents from the AMPATH Consortium institutions are also often found on the wards learning from and teaching their Kenyan counterparts.
Gondar University, Ethiopia
The University of Gondar, until 2003 known as the Gondar College of Medical Sciences, is the oldest medical school in Ethiopia. Established as the Public Health College in 1954, it is located in Gondar, the former capital of Ethiopia. As of 2010, the university offers about 42 undergraduate and 17 postgraduate programs. but now the University offers 54 undergraduate and 64 postgraduate. These are organized under the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Business and Economics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture, and three schools (School of Law, School of Technology and School of Education)
EUROGIN
EUROGIN is a platform on education, training, scientific research, expertise and networking on Human Papillomavirus and associated cancers in both genital and non-genital sites.
Started in 1993 as a conference where scientific progress and clinical practice converge, EUROGIN shares translational research with an international scientific community, aiming at accelerating the reduction of the burden of HPV related cancers and their mortality.
The EUROGIN Educational Platform on HPV associated cancers offers a high standard of scientific contents provided by top international experts allowing to extend knowledge and share experience, with the purpose of advancing science and translational research, as well as ensuring best clinical practice.
Department of Applied Tumor Biology
Institute of Pathology
Heidelberg University Hospital
Im Neuenheimer Feld 224,
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Tel: +49 6221 56 4220
info@eticcs.org