Africa-Press – Cape verde. The president of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) highlighted this Thursday that the country is experiencing “a crucial moment” in the consolidation of science, serving as a stage for the launch of good clinical practice guidelines translated into Portuguese.
In statements to the press, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the training on Good Practice Guidelines in Clinical Trials (WHO) and Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (ICH) for the PALOP countries, Maria da Luz Lima stressed that the choice of Cape Verde is a source of “satisfaction and pride”.
For her, the fact that Cape Verde is hosting the first training session of the SPALOC project marks the unprecedented dissemination, in Portuguese, of guidelines and guides for clinical trials and good practices.
“It is a crucial moment because some foundations have already been laid,” she said, referring to the existence of the National Research Agenda for Health, its own scientific journal, and the holding of congresses in the area.
For the WHO representative in Cape Verde, Ann Lindstrand, the meeting gains even more significance as it follows World Health Day 2026, which this year calls for a clear message: “Together for Health alongside Science”.
“Clinical research is one of the central pillars of public health. It is through well-understood, ethical and high-quality clinical trials that we can respond to health priorities, improving clinical practices, strengthening the health system and expanding access to innovation in a safe way,” said Lindstrand.
The coordinator of the Lusophone Platform for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Carlos Almeida, explained that the manuals in question are the WHO’s good practice guidelines and the ICH’s good clinical practice guidelines.
“This training will be carried out in all the PALOP countries. Cape Verde will host the first edition, later this year we will go to Guinea-Bissau and, in 2027, we will go to São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola, finishing in Mozambique,” he revealed.
The training program, designed to have a significant impact on the scientific community of the PALOP countries, aims to strengthen capabilities and develop knowledge in the area of clinical practice and clinical trials.
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