📣 Final call! Applications open for PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships The Global Health EDCTP3-funded ACT-PREP project offers 15 PhD and 10 Postdoctoral Fellowships in clinical trials and epidemic preparedness. 📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 🔗 Apply: act-prep.org/opportunities/

⏰ Last chance! Have your say on the future of European Partnerships. The @ec.europa.eu has launched a public consultation to gather stakeholders' experiences on Joint Undertakings like Global Health EDCTP3, for 2028-2034. 📆 Deadline: 16 October 🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

🧪A network of trial sites testing new tuberculosis drug combinations 💉Malaria vaccines reaching the children who need them 🏭A push to manufacture more medicines in Africa None was funded by us directly. All of them count towards the programme. 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

Proud to launch the 4th #WANETAM, bringing together 2️⃣9️⃣institutions for a new 5️⃣-year programme to strengthen research capacity & health systems. What’s 🆕 ✅#ClinicalTrial Research capacity & ✅#EpidemicPreparedness & more WANETAM4 seeks to tackle #TB, #HIV & #malaria @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social

Join us this week at #ScienceSummit2026 in New York and online. On 22 September, our Executive Director, Michael Makanga, and Team Leader Lara Pandya will co-chair 'Advancing Science: Shaping Clinical Research Across Africa and Beyond' 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/unga8...

1,130 abstracts, 72 symposia and 44 workshops received for EDCTP Forum 2027! 🤝 Thank you to everyone who submitted. Results will be announced by December 2026. 📅 5-9 April 2027 📍 Madrid, Spain 🔗 edctpforum.eu

Yesterday was a busy day of collaboration and policy engagement for Global Health EDCTP3. 🔹We joined DG HERA, DG INTPA and DNDi to explore synergies across disease programmes. 🔹Executive Director Michael Makanga spoke at the European Parliament on access, resilience and competitiveness.

📣 Join us at the Science Summit 2026: 'Advancing science: shaping clinical research across Africa and beyond'. 📅 22 September 🕚 11:00-13:30 EDT 📍New York + online Featuring EDCTP3-funded projects and a discussion with global health leaders. 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/unga8...

📢 An EDCTP-funded child-friendly #schistosomiasis medicine is helping expand treatment to children under six. The STEPPS programme is testing in Tanzania how to best deliver it. Almost 8,000 children received treatment in its first six months. 🔗 wellcome.org/insights/art...

📣 Registrations are now open for the EDCTP Forum 2027 Join 1,500 global health stakeholders from Africa and Europe. 📅 5-9 April 2027 📍 Madrid, Spain Register now: edctpforum.eu/article/regi...

🎓 Post-Doctoral Fellowship opportunity in Rwanda The Global Health EDCTP3-funded BRIDGE NETWORK is offering one fellowship in Data Sciences & Health Informatics, focusing on infectious diseases. 📅 Deadline: 11 Sept 2026 🔗 rbc.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...

How can EU investments in health R&D deliver greater public benefit? Join us for a discussion on access, resilience and competitiveness in health innovation. 📅 9 September | 15:00-17:00 📍 Online + European Parliament, Brussels 🔗 Register today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Researchers are testing a simpler way to find and treat the last cases of sleeping sickness, a disease that once killed tens of thousands of people every year. How close are we to stopping transmission for good? ➡️ link.europa.eu/WKdCwN #ResearchImpactEU #Science4EU #SciComm 🧪

📣 Five new projects will advance innovative #TB tools across sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by over €10M from Global Health EDCTP3, they aim to make TB diagnosis, treatment and prevention faster, simpler and more accessible. 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

⏰ Extended deadline: apply for the #EDCTP Prizes 2027 by 24 September 2026! 🏆 Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize | €50K 🏆 Outstanding Research Team Prize | €50K 🏆 Outstanding Female Scientist Prize | €20K 🏆 Scientific Leadership Prizes | €15K each 🔗 edctpforum.eu/edctp-prizes...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Vasee Moorthy, a respected scientist and global health leader. We are grateful for his contributions to clinical research and his close collaboration with #EDCTP. 🕊️ Our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

🦟 Promising results for a new single-dose #malaria treatment. The Phase 2a CAPTURE-1 study found >90% efficacy at Day 28 in adults and adolescents in Gabon and Uganda, with no serious adverse events reported. Supported by #EDCTP-funded PAMAfrica. 🔗 www.edctp.org/news/capture...

Registration is now open for the Finance and Project Management Training in Dakar. 📍 Dakar, Senegal 📅 16 – 18 November 2026 👥 For Global Health EDCTP3 grant holders 🎓 Organised by EDCTP Register by 11 September: edctpforum.eventsair.com/finance-and-...

What if a simple screening and prevention package could help prevent deaths in people starting #HIV treatment? The #EDCTP-funded REMSTART trial showed that combining screening, preventive treatment and community support reduced deaths by 28%. 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...

Reducing deaths from a serious HIV complication through early screening and treatment

A simple, three-part package combining screening, preventive treatment and community adherence support significantly cuts deaths among people starting HIV treatment with advanced disease.

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📢 COOMING SOON! What happens when technology meets the frontline of healthcare? In the first episode of "A Moment with Dr Tahir", the Executive Director at LTR Nigeria will address this question & and the possibilities of SkincAIr exploring what it could mean for future access to specialist care.

⛑️ Artemisinin-resistant #malaria parasites have now been detected across East and Central Africa. We have just invested €39 million, with a total of €76 million with co-funding, in four projects racing to get ahead of it. 🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #NewProjects26

📢 Funding opportunity from @afro.who.int & TDR 2026–27 Impact Grants for Implementation Research on regional health priorities. 💰 Up to US$15,000/grant 🌍 African Region researchers 📅 Deadline: 15 Sept 2026 📝 Apply via eTDR portal www.afro.who.int/call-for-app...

We are organising a workshop for our beneficiaries, designed to clarify the financial, administrative and legal obligations that come with a funded project. 📅 29 September 📝 Registration is only open for those following it online 🔗 Register: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/legal...

Our #ACTPREP project is offering 25 fellowships in clinical trials and epidemic preparedness research. Open to nationals of DRC, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. 🔗 news.mak.ac.ug/2026/08/call-for-applications-act-prep-15-phd-and-10-postdoctoral-research-fellowships/

Every mother and child in the #PregInPoxVac trial has now been vaccinated against #mpox. 362 pregnant women and 344 infants at Boende, DRC. Final MVA-BN doses given 18 June 2026. First results expected early 2027. Co-funded by Global Health EDCTP3 and @cepi.net. www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/...

📣 Register! We will host a session at the Science Summit 2026 on strengthening clinical trial networks, research infrastructure, and regulatory systems across Africa and beyond. 📅 22 September 🕚 11:00-13:30 EDT 📍New York + online 🔗 Register: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/unga8...

💡 Published in @bmj.com Open: the maternal protocol for #PregInPoxVac, the first trial testing maternal MVA-BN mpox vaccination in 362 pregnant individuals in the DRC. Penta leads the social science work building vaccine confidence in mpox-endemic communities. 🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/7...

🧪 A network of trial sites testing new tuberculosis drug combinations 💉 Malaria vaccines reaching children who need them 🏭 A push to manufacture more medicines in Africa None was funded by us directly. All of them count towards the programme 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

Congratulations to Prof. @iiabubakar.bsky.social, appointed as the next @cepi.net CEO from April 2027. ℹ️ His research within the #EDCTP-funded PANDORA-ID-NET project strengthened epidemic preparedness in sub-Saharan Africa. We wish him well in the role. 🔗 cepi.net/cepi-board-a...

🦟 A promising new #malaria drug candidate has shown encouraging early results, rapidly killing malaria parasites in an first human study. Through the CUREMAL project, Global Health EDCTP3 will support Phase II trials in Africa. 🔗 www.mmv.org/news-resourc...