🌍 See you next week at the World Health Summit 2024 #WHS2024 in Berlin! Global Health EDCTP3's Executive Director, Michael Makanga, will be engaging in pivotal #GlobalHealth conversations. 📅 Mark your calendars for his speaker slots: 🔹 Monday, 14 October at 11:00-12:30 CEST: "Reflecting on AU-EU #Innovation Agenda – How far have we come?" 🔹 Tuesday, 15 October at 11:00-12:30 CEST: "Research & Innovation on #pandemic preparedness in the EU and global context" 🔹 Additionally, he will be speaking at a side meeting on Monday 14 October at 16:30-18:00 CEST, titled "Innovation & the fight against #malaria", hosted by Business Alliance Against Malaria (BAAM). Register and check the full agenda 👇 🔗https://lnkd.in/dpSNAAF -------------- Africa CDC European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership EU Science, Research and Innovation World Health Organization Irene Norstedt Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) Wellcome Trust IAVI EURAXESS Africa The Lancet
Global Health EDCTP3
Research Services
The African and European research partnership on infectious diseases
About us
Global Health EDCTP3 is a partnership between the European Commission, representing the European Union, and the EDCTP Association, representing the governments of European and sub-Saharan African countries participating in the partnership. Established in 2021, the Global Health - European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) Joint Undertaking works deliver new solutions to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases. Follow us on Twitter: @EDCTP3 Email us at: [email protected]
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https://globalhealth-edctp3.eu/
External link for Global Health EDCTP3
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Brussels
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2021
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Avenue de la Toison d'Or 56-60
Brussels, BE
Employees at Global Health EDCTP3
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Laura Delgado Garcia
Internal Control and Audit Manager at Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
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Liesbet De Cock
Turning Strategy into Action | Accountable for Impact | Project and Portfolio Management | Decision Quality
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Stela Garaz
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Professional in Humanitarian and Development Sectors
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Jane Whearty
Updates
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🎉 Celebrating 40 years of EU Research and Innovation! This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first EU funding programme dedicated to science, research and innovation. 🎯 For the last 21 years, the European Commission has been supporting #GlobalHealth research first under the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and now under Global Health EDCTP3. Today we are excited to spotlight 4 success stories that are the result of years of investments in research and capacity-building in sub-Saharan #Africa under the EDCTP1 and EDCTP2 programmes: ⭐ A simpler and safer treatment for #CryptococcalMeningitis ⭐ A new #Malaria vaccine for children, R21 Matrix M ⭐ A successful treatment for #Schistosomiasis in children ⭐ The first oral treatment for #SleepingSickness As we celebrate #EUfunded research and innovation, these groundbreaking outcomes demonstrate the global impact of collaborative efforts in improving and advancing health and scientific progress! #ResearchImpactEU #EU40YearsRI Find out more about our work 👇 🔗https://lnkd.in/eiCBCUb7 -------- Iliana Ivanova, Irene Norstedt, EU Science, Research and Innovation, European Medicines Agency World Health Organization, Lygature, Merck European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative - DNDi
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📢 Exciting opportunity for vaccinology experts! We are proud to present the 25th ADVAC - Advanced Course of #Vaccinology, which brings together senior decision-makers and scientists to dive deep into the latest advancements in vaccinology. 📅 From 5-16 May 2025 in the Les Pensières Center for #GlobalHealth, Veyrier du Lac, France 💉 The course provides comprehensive overview of the latest advances, from #immunology to #vaccine development, including #ClinicalTrials, featuring world-class faculty and participants from academia, government, NGOs, industry, and international organisations. Don't miss out on this learning experience! Sign up here 👇 🔗 https://www.advac.org/ -------------- University of Geneva Fondation Mérieux Africa CDC Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases - ESPID Fogarty International Center at NIH, The National Institutes of Health The International Pediatric Association (IPA) Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) EU Science, Research and Innovation
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📢 The latest edition of our #newsletter is out! Read about: 🚀 Next year's #EDCTPForum ⭐ Our #research efforts to tackle #Mpox 👩🏾🔬 Updates from our funded projects 🤝 How we are strengthening partnerships 📅 Past events, such as the Science Summit 2024 at #UNGA79 And much more! Read the September's issue here and subscribe to receive our latest news straight into your inbox 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dUiWJ6DN ------ EU Science, Research and Innovation Africa CDC European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership European Commission EU Health and Food Safety EU in Emergencies Cecile Billaux Laurent Muschel Michael Makanga Isabel De la Mata Irene Norstedt Marta Norton de Matos Alemseged Abdissa Glaudina Loots GloPID-R Chikwe Ihekweazu Science|Business The Lancet Claudia Chiappa Zoë Mullan EURAXESS Africa European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research Euresearch Department of Health and Social Care Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation STOP2030
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📅 This week we are at the European Parliament teaming up with fellow #EU Agencies and Joint Undertakings to raise awareness on how we contribute to Europe's strategic priorities. 🌍 Engaging directly with Members of the European Parliament #MEPs, our Executive Director, Michael Makanga, attended several high-level meetings to showcase how our common work impacts the lives of millions of Europeans and beyond! Come and visit us at the exhibition in the Yehudi Menuhin area of the European Parliament until 3 October. Get to know more about the work of the EU Agencies Network 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eaWxsq22 ---------- European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Africa CDC EU Science, Research and Innovation Irene Norstedt Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Clean Aviation Clean Hydrogen Partnership Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) Chips JU Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) European Commission European Medicines Agency Niclas Herbst Fabienne Keller Siegfried Muresan EU Agencies Network - Shared Support Office
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⚡ Save the date for the Twelfth #EDCTPForum! 📅 15-20 June 2025, at the Kigali Convention Centre, #Rwanda. The event will be hosted by the Ministry of Health Rwanda and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, and is jointly organised by Global Health EDCTP3 and the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership. Under the theme, 'Better #health through global #research partnerships', the event will feature: 🔹 High-level opening ceremony 🔹 Three days of scientific programme 🔹 Workshops, side meetings and visits to research centres in Kigali. Read the news announcement to find out more about the event 👇 https://lnkd.in/ehhvCnzH Michael Makanga Irene Norstedt Claude Muvunyi Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza Vanessa Mupenzi Rwanda Convention Bureau - RCB
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🚀 Another amazing project has kicked-off! 📅 Global Health EDCTP3-funded project #OPTbCPAP had its kick-off meeting from 19-21 August 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🎤 The kick-off was launched by Her Excellency, Dr Mekdes Daba Feyssa, MD, MPH, Ethiopian Minister of Health, who highlighted the importance of interventions such as bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) in saving lives and the readiness of the Ministry to support the project. 🏛️ Participants included members of the consortium, delegates from the Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, associations, health facilities and staff of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute. 📈 The main aim of the project is to scale up the use of #BCPAP for childhood #pneumonia in #Ethiopia, #Nigeria and #Malawi. Learn more about the project in our projects page 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ez_ANRp6 ------------------- European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Africa CDC Irene Norstedt University of Cape Town Lung Institute (Pty) Ltd FARMOVS Karolinska Institutet Uppsala University Heather Zar University of Cape Town
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🆕️ The 'World Health Organization's guidance for best practices in #ClinicalTrials' is out! Today's launch event featured a fruitful panel discussion, where Global Health EDCTP3 Executive Director, Michael Makanga, shared insights on how funders can help improving clinical trials. 📕 This guidance sets a new global standard for the organisation, design, conduct, analysis and reporting of equitable #CTs. It was an incredible journey to contribute to its development with the support from the UK Department of Health and Social Care via European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership. We look forward to seeing this guidance enhance clinical trials practices worldwide and especially in sub-Saharan #Africa! Check out the WHO guidance below 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eMRz52VS ------- Jeremy Farrar Vasee Moorthy Maria Dutarte John Amuasi Val Snewin Akbar Fotouhi Ann Meeker-O'Connell Africa CDC EU Science, Research and Innovation
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⏰ The #EDCTP session at Science Summit 2024 #UNGA79 is tomorrow at 11:00-13:00 EDT / 17:00-19:00 CEST ✅ Don't forget to register to: 'Investing in clinical research in #Africa to develop local solutions against the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance #AMR'. One of the case studies to be presented is the Global Health EDCTP3-funded project #SNIPAFRICA focused on tackling neonatal #sepsis. 📝 To learn more about the session, visit the webpage below and access the event brochure 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eabKDhJk ---------------- Yewande Alimi Barros David Julia Bielicki Dr FOKAM Joseph, PhD Infect Dis, PGD Epidemiology Sam Kariuki Michael Makanga Irene Norstedt Marcel Tanner Marleen Temmerman Jutta Reinhard-Rupp Lara Pandya Africa CDC, EU Science, Research and Innovation Aga Khan University (AKU) Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative - DNDi SCNAT - Swiss Academy of Sciences University Children's Hospital Basel United Nations United Nations General Assembly Penta Foundation - Child Health Research St George's, University of London KEMRI - Wellcome Trust MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL Stellenbosch University Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group (GHID-KCCR) Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) MU-JHU Care LTD | MU-JHU Research Collaboration Ifakara Health Institute University of Antwerp UZH European and Asian Business Management ❘ University of Zurich ❘ Master of Advanced Studies MAS & European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
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We welcome #Eswatini as the newest member country of the EDCTP Association, bringing the total number of African countries to 29. The country formalised its commitment to the EDCTP Association for participation in Global Health EDCTP3. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCKmSr3Y