Did you know that until recently, there was no approved #malaria treatment for babies under 5kg?
Thanks to #EDCTP funding, new treatments Coartem Baby & Pyramax are now available to protect babies and pregnant women where they are needed.
🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
🌍Madagascar is now eligible to receive funding from Global Health EDCTP3
We are pleased to announce that #Madagascar has become a new member of the #EDCTP Association, bringing the total number of African member countries to 33.
🔗 Learn more: www.edctp.org/news/madagas...
New oral vaccine candidate shows strong potential to reduce diarrhoea in young children.
🔬Phase IIb results of the ETVAX vaccine in The Gambia highlight significant protection.
Supported by #EDCTP and coordinated by Scandinavian Biopharma.
🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...
Did you know #EDCTP funded a fast, effective, and easy-to-use #malaria treatment?
💊 DHAPQ clears parasites quickly and prevents reinfection with a simple three-day regimen, especially protecting children under five in sub-Saharan Africa.
🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
A single-dose oral treatment for sleeping sickness, supported by #EDCTP, has been approved by @ema.europa.eu.
💊ACOZI-KIDS and StrogHAT projects, funded by EDCTP and GH EDCTP3, are ensuring at-risk communities benefit from this innovation.
🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...
🥼Through the #ASAAP study, funded by @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social and the #EDCTP, the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research Group has set up a fully equipped entomology laboratory at KCCR in Ghana.
▶️ Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjd1...
#WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3
🔬 New study shows that while most #malaria parasites in Nigeria can be treated with #chloroquine, many remain resistant to #antifolate drugs
Supported by the #EDCTP Senior Fellowship Plus.
🔗 Read the study: doi.org/10.1093/ofid...
#GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge
Did you know that the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness was supported by #EDCTP?
💊 Fexinidazole is taken as simple pills over 10 days, removing the need for hospitalisation and painful procedures.
🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
#WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3
🔍 Research shows that low-dose yellow fever vaccination is not sufficient for infants
Infants need the standard yellow fever vaccine dose to achieve an adequate immune response
Funded by the #EDCTP NIFTY project.
🔗 More: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge
'Over the last two decades, #EDCTP has invested in #NTD science and innovation, showing how long-term partnerships deliver tangible impact.'
💬Dr Michael Makanga, Executive Director of Global Health EDCP3
🔗More on our NTDs research: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...
#WorldNTDsDay
🗣️Global Health EDCTP3 Executive Director, Dr Michael Makanga, shares how #EDCTP has been advancing African-led clinical research for over two decades on an interview with @nathealth.nature.com.
🔗 Full interview: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Did you know that the first #HIV medicine for children was supported by #EDCTP?
💊The #CHAPAS project developed Triomune Baby/Junior, a fixed-dose combination medicine addressing major barriers for child HIV.
🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
#WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3
A new child-friendly combination treatment is changing how we tackle parasitic worm infections.
💊 A single pill combining albendazole and ivermectin can now treat five types of parasitic worms.
Funded by #EDCTP.
🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
ℹ️ Did you know that the first-ever #malaria #vaccines were supported by #EDCTP?
RTS,S and R21/Matrix-M are the first-ever vaccines against #malaria and any parasitic disease.
🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...
#WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3
What does equitable #EU-Africa health research look like in practice?
👩🔬New study of 1,429 #EDCTP papers (2014-23) shows:
86% of publications included African authors
71% were African-led
40% of authors were women
🔗 More: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
#GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge
One tablet could change everything.
The UNIVERSAL 1 trial is confirming the right dose for a single, dispersible DTG/FTC/TAF pill for children with #HIV, a formulation prioritised by GAP-f.
Watch for more
#BetterMeds4Kids #WorldChildrensDay #PaediatricHIV #EDCTP
A 2-Day Translational Vaccinology training concludes at #MRCG with participants from #Gambia & #SierraLeone.
Organised with 🤝 @europevaccine.bsky.social & funded by #EDCTP, the training seeks to bridge the gap between research #VaccineDevelopment, manufacturing, testing & application.
#MMVC
Get SEPTRE, a free tool to design & manage high-quality clinical trial protocols.
Eligible if you are:
✔️ @tghn-news.bsky.social member
✔️ In a low or lower-middle-income country
✔️ Non-profit/public organisation
✔️ Will share outputs
By #EDCTP.
Apply 👉 edctpknowledgehub.tghn.org/protocol-dev...
'Europe must take the lead on global health.'
💬 Ursula von der Leyen #SOTEU, 10 September 2025
🌍 The #EDCTP community is determined, like President von der Leyen, to lead on global health and safeguard the hard-won progress against infectious diseases.
A promising tuberculosis treatment is advancing through clinical trials thanks to support from European partnerships @ihieurope.bsky.social and #EDCTP.
#Alpibectir is a novel TB treatment that boosts the effectiveness of the decades-old drug ethionamide.
More 👇
#CLIME held its latest Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting. The PREFIT team celebrated enrolling 1500 TB contacts with CAB’s support🎊
Other studies presented their work, and we look forward to continued collaboration 🤝
#TBResearch #CommunityEngagement #GlobalHealth #TBinnovation #EDCTP
The #EDCTP funded project SECRET, led by Bernard Kikaire, aims to strengthen research #ethics review & #ClinicalTrials in #Uganda & #Ethiopia. Plans & progresses were highlighted at 1st General Meeting in #Addisababa. #UNHRO @itmantwerp.bsky.social
#SPHMMC
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
#MTBI was proud to join the 12th #EDCTP Forum last week in Kigali, Rwanda. The event brought together global leaders to advance clinical research and partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa. A great opportunity to connect, share insights, and support better health through global collaboration.
A warm Rwandan welcome to the 12th EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼, focused on improving health through research in Africa.
It’s been wonderful to network with people committed to R&D and highlight GARDP’s role in the development and access of antibiotics.
#EDCTP
Otimo participar no sumpósio dos paises Losofonicos em Kigali, Rwanda. Juntos trabalhando para uma melhor saúde na África #EDCTP #Saude #Global
Today at #EDCTP Forum, the SEMA ReACT consortium shared interim findings from its observational study in Zambia & DRC, focused on supporting policy development and implementation of RAS 💊 Learn more about this observational study 🔗 bit.ly/4l0GAI8
We visited colleagues at the Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, Ethiopia, for #EDCTP VL-INNO project lnkd.in/d9XbPF3K, led by @dndi.org An important step toward the implementation of digital technologies and AI to support visceral #leishmaniasis diagnosis
@isciiisalud.bsky.social #Spotlab
🚨 New Project Publications! 🚨
Two studies from our #EDCTP -funded #GenPathAfrica consortium used genomic analysis to
🧬 provide the first in-depth analysis of #DENV in Ethiopia
🧫discover #TB in shared water sources in rural South Africa, where TB-spread is high
Read more▶️ tinyurl.com/44hwxuuu
#EpiGenEthiopia is a genetic epidemiology and digital health surveillance project to enable better informed public health decisions.
They published two genetic profile preprints on the 2023 #dengue outbreak and on #leishmaniasis in Ethiopia.
Read on: epigenethiopia.org/publications
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