🚨Funding opportunity for #mpox !

In the light of rising numbers of cases in #DRCongo & the high public health risk we are activating a €5 million emergency mechanism to support research into #vaccines , #treatments and #diagnostics 🔬💉

Find out more ➡️shorturl.at/JOSV5

What a week it has been in Kigali, #Rwanda ! The #MIM2024 has ended with flying colors. Commitments have been reaffirmed, advocacy has been done and science has been called upon to #EndMalaria in Africa.

📢 The abstract submission platform is now live for the 7th #GlobalForumTBVaccines !

Submit your abstract for the chance to showcase your work on new approaches, data, & results in #TBvaccineR &D, policy, & access.

📅 Deadline 17 May 2024

🔗Learn more at tbvaccinesforum.org/rio-de-janeiro…

Interesting presentations and great participation today at a #MIM2024 symposium featuring the PAMAfrica and SINDOFO consortia.

🔗tinyurl.com/y2c6jynu

Just launched: Visit the new website of the LIFE HIV Consortium, an African-European collaborative network conducting research projects in Tanzania and Mozambique including the LIFE2Scale study life-hivinitiative.org
NIMR Tanzania @Instituto_INS EDCTP DZIF - Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung
#research #website

Call for papers from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) on ‘Ethical issues arising in research into health and climate change’.

Application deadline: Monday 6 May 2024, 9am CEST/Geneva

How to apply: gfbr.global/news/applicati…

Topic details: gfbr.global/wp-content/upl…

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the CANTAM Network is highlighting the importance of redoubling our efforts to achieve a more equitable world. We recognize that children and pregnant women are among the most vulnerable to malaria. EDCTP FCRM

📢Starting soon!

Prof. Marcel Tanner, EDCTP High Representative, will participate in the high-level panel discussion 'Grass mobilization, innovation and integration for malaria response' today from 16:50-17:40 at #MIM2024 , as part of the #WorldMalariaDay celebration.

MMV & Novartis have announced positive clinical data for a new formulation of artemether-lumefantrine tailored to newborns that will fill a critical gap in the antimalarial toolbox. Read the press release: bit.ly/PR_CALINA #WorldMalariaDay

On 24 April, Dr Thomas Nyirenda and Prof. Marcel Tanner representing EDCTP were invited by Rwanda Biomedical Centre to visit the Rukara village outside Kigali where #community health workers & #volunteers are at the heart of integrated #malaria #elimination activities.

#WorldMalariaDay

EDCTP Career Development Fellow Dr Azizath Mousilliou is at #MIM2024 presenting her work on the impact of SMC on the prevalence of #malaria infection in children in northern Benin.

#WorldMalariaDay

The EDCTP Board members representing Rwanda met today with Dr. Thomas Nyirenda, Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Development Manager, and Professor Marcel Tanner, High Representative for Europe, to discuss the preparations of the next EDCTP Forum to be held in Kigali in 2025.

It's #WorldMalariaDay 🦟

💡 #DYK that #EUfunded research supported the development of the first 2 malaria vaccines?

Want to know how the EU is delivering new solutions to reduce the burden of #InfectiousDiseases in sub-Saharan Africa?

Click here 👉europa.eu/!xFhdbP

On this #WorldMalariaDay find out more about the recent results from EDCTP-supported studies and how they offer new hope towards achieving the #malaria eradication agenda.

🔗tinyurl.com/mutz4n4a

#EndMalaria

PAMAfrica-SINDOFO PhD students are represented at the MIM2024 conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Thanks for the support from PAMAfrica-SINDOFO consortium and EDCTP

Today at #MIM2024 , a panel moderated by Corine K discussed capacity building for #malaria elimination with senior malaria experts including Dr Jennifer Gardy from Gates Foundation, Prof Marcel Tanner from Swiss TPH, Prof Oumar Gaye from MARCAD Plus and Dr Tom Nyirenda from EDCTP.

The work of the EDCTP-funded OPT-SMC project was highlighted in a symposium today at #MIM2024 .

The project aims to improve the efficiency and coverage of national seasonal #malaria chemoprevention programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.

🔗tinyurl.com/3j8nwkt2

The Experts in Malaria Eradication highlighted the need to foster creativity, integrate gender considerations, promote collaboration and investment in technology for effective capacity building in malaria elimination efforts.
#MIM2024 #AfricaEndingMalaria