📣A CEPI-funded first-ever Phase II Lassa vaccine trial has been launched by IAVI in Nigeria.

The trial at @HJFMRI in Abuja is designed in consultation with partners including NCDC and the Nigeria Lassa Vaccine Taskforce.

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The promise of a Lassa fever vaccine draws ever closer with the announcement of a CEPI-funded first-ever Phase 2 vaccine trial launched by IAVI at @HJFMRI’s trial site in Abuja, Nigeria 🇳🇬

The The Guardian Nigeria reports on this new research milestone ⬇️ guardian.ng/news/nigerians…

BREAKING:

HJFMRI_Nigeria begins the first-ever phase 2 clinical trial of IAVI’s #Lassafever vaccine candidate funded by @CEPI.

This is a major breakthrough in finding solutions for an acute viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to #WestAfrica .

Details: nhwat.ch/3VFK2i5

HJFMRI’s Clinical Research Center in Abuja, Nigeria, began vaccinations with IAVI’s Lassa fever vaccine candidate in a Phase 2 study funded by @CEPI. HJFMRI, w/ @WRAIR @ACEGID & partners in Nigeria have been working together to study Lassa fever & other diseases since 2014.

HJFMRI, in collaboration with with WRAIR and ACEGID, published a paper that identified previously unreported animal reservoirs for Lassa virus in Nigeria. Findings were published in EMI_Journal

More here: eidresearch.org/news/press-rel…

The HJFMRI_Nigeria team is #hiring a #Communications Officer based in #Abuja to plan, manage and implement internal and external communication projects to promote HJFMRI Ltd Gte infectious diseases research and @pepfar activities in Nigeria. Apply today: bit.ly/41JXfr1

Last week HJFMRI_Nigeria celebrated the grand opening of its new office in Abuja. The Health Innovations Centre is situated in the heart of the Federal Capital Territory. @hjfmilmed’s Dr. Caravalho & @mhrpinfo WRAIR’s Dr. Sandhya Vasan attended. More: bit.ly/3RKJOUQ

HJFMRI WRAIR in collaboration with This is not the CDC and its partners implemented @pepfar-funded 'No-Means-No' violence prevention programs designed for adolescent girls and boys in military schools and barrack communities in Nigeria. bit.ly/3rropp1