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PDP Press Releases/ statements
• 20 Aug: World Mosquito Day: Developing the next generation of tools to stay ahead of insecticide resistance
• 14 Jul: TB Alliance case study on expanding access to lifesaving tuberculosis treatments published by INSEAD
• 22 Jul: Last-resort antibiotics remain out of reach in Latin America and the Caribbean, review warns
• 27 Jul: Thai FDA approves NUZOLVENCE® (zoliflodacin) just six months after US authorization
• 3 Sep: New SARS-CoV-1 antibody available for vaccine researchers
• 9 Sep: PATH appoints Dr. Jeremy Farrar as Chief of Asia, Middle East, and Europe regional division
• 27 Jul: The diagnostics deficit: Funding, access, and preparedness gaps in African health systems
• 15 Sep: WHO Guidelines for malaria now include Coartem® Baby for newborns and young infants
• 15 Sep: New DNDi report: Implementing Article 9.5 of the WHO Pandemic Agreement – building on current policy and practice for publicly funded R&D
• 25 Sep: DNDi intervention at the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response at the 81st UN General Assembly
• 10 Jul: FIND Board Announces Board Chair Transition
• 3 Sep: IVI and Karolinska Institutet sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen existing cooperation in vaccine research and education
• 26 Jun: IVI, KDCA, and RIGHT Foundation host 2026 Global Vaccine Forum on advancing equitable access to next-generation vaccines
• 6 Sep: Prof. Umberto D'Alessandro joins EVI as Medical Director
MDGH
• 30 Jan: MDGH starts its Phase 2 clinical trial of dovramilast in people with leprosy type 2 reaction
PDP Funder News/Announcements
• 2 Sep: Introducing the New Leader of Our Work on Global Health and Development Policy. Coefficient Giving
• 10 Sep: [Tanzania: Implementation study site report] Tackling Schistosomiasis in the STEPPS Project. GHIT
• 14 Sep: Wellcome CEO joins leaders warning the window for global health reform is closing. Wellcome
• 16 Sep: GHIT Fund Launches “NTDpedia” to Help Turn Apathy into Action Against Neglected Tropical Disease. GHIT
• 23 Sep: Unitaid marks 20 years and asks that global health reform be driven by equitable access. Unitaid
• 27 Aug: Four new projects to accelerate the next generation of antimalarial drugs amid rising drug resistance. EDCTP3
Funder Announcement Archives
• 2014 PDP Funder Announcements
• 2013 PDP Funder Announcements
New PDP Publications
• 29 Jun: Advancing global health innovation through Europe-Africa collaboration. Numerous PDPs
Other Reports/ Publications
• 21 Sep: A Sovereign Future for Health. Accra Reset
• 13 Mar: From Commitments to Action: Practical Pathways for Health Financing in Africa. Global Health Strategies
Related Press Releases/ Announcements/Articles
• 1 Sep: HEAR CSO Steering Committee Letter to WHO-hosted Joint Task Force on Global Health Architecture Reform. Health Architecture Reimagined
• 1 Sep: The Future of Global Health: Themes and Thorny Questions. Think Global Health
• 1 Sep: UNAIDS, SADC and China, partner to advance local pharmaceutical manufacturing and health security in Southern Africa. UNAIDS
• 2 Sep: Japan-based health tech fund broadens portfolio to include pandemics. Devex
• 2 Sep: Global initiative launched to improve access to mpox vaccines. Gavi
• 2 Sep: Monoclonal antibody shows promise against dengue viremia, fever in Phase 2 trial. CIDRAP
• 2 Sep: Accelerated qualification of diagnostic tests during an ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease: a collaborative analytical validation study. The Lancet
• 3 Sep: Closing the preparedness gap: moving beyond emergency response to sustain the medical countermeasure ecosystem. The Lancet
• 3 Sep: Ebola Outbreak ‘Still Evolving’ as Deaths Pass 3,000. Health Policy Watch
• 3 Sep: WHO grants Emergency Use Listing for Cepheid's Xpert® Hemorrhagic Fever Panel test to support Ebola outbreak response in the DRC. Financial Times
• 3 Sep: Threats to infectious diseases research leave our country at significant risk. IDSA
• 4 Sep: KI and IVI strengthen their collaboration in global health. Karolinska
• 4 Sep: Aspen opts not to make HIV prevention jab lenacapavir. Business Day
• 4 Aug: Climate change is shifting malaria activity in Africa. CIDRAP
• 4 Aug: Revvity reveals plans to expand latent tuberculosis testing business at ADLM. 360Dx
• 4 Aug: As a weekly anti-HIV pill nears the market, vaccine research faces new hurdles. Science
• 4 Aug: Antimalaria pesticide may have backfired, helping mosquitoes find love. Science
• 4 Aug: An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities. The New York Times
• 5 Sep: The World Has Better HIV Tools Than Ever. So Why Is Ending AIDS Getting Harder?. Health Policy Watch
• 6 Aug: The Machine in Geneva’s Basement. Health Policy Watch
• 6 Aug: To stop Ebola, treat malaria. Devex
• 6 Aug: Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say. The Guardian
• 6 Aug: EXCLUSIVE: Here is the ‘Final Text’ of UN Political Declaration on Pandemics – Although its Adoption is Far From Guaranteed. Health Policy Watch
• 7 Aug: Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question of Viral Mutation. Health Policy Watch
• 7 Aug: Gavi welcomes recommendation to include existing Ebola vaccine Ervebo in clinical trials for Bundibugyo virus disease. Gavi
• 7 Aug: Lawmakers seek to boost new antibiotic development. CIDRAP
• 7 Aug: Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial. Al Jazeera
• 7 Sep: Strengthening clinical trial ethics and regulatory oversight in Africa: lessons from the TRACE initiative. Nature
• 8 Sep: Foundation's new report reveals opportunities for generic medicine manufacturers to bridge access gaps in Africa. Access to Medicines Foundation
• 8 Sep: Global health reform is missing a generation. The Lancet
• 8 Sep: Can the world really develop a vaccine in 100 days?. Devex
• 8 Sep: Meet 4 people who got the HIV prevention jab. Bhekisisa
• 8 Sep: Why International Research Is Vital To The NIH’s Scientific Mission. Health Affairs
• 8 Sep: The Clinical Trial Design Academy: Equipping Advocates to Shape HIV Prevention Research Decisions and Move the Research Agenda Forward. AVAC
• 9 Sep: Jeremy Farrar Joins Global Health Non-Profit PATH Following Unexpected Departure From WHO. Health Policy Watch
• 9 Sep: Gavi’s vaccine transition was never about RFK's fixation on mercury. Devex
• 9 Sep: The View from Brussels: European Parliamentarians on the Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing (PABS) System; PABS Primer. Geneva Health Files
• 9 Sep: India ramps up Disease X preparedness with $8.9 million funding boost for its freezer-free RNA vaccine. CEPI
• 10 Sep: A chimeric circumsporozoite protein exhibits strong seroreactivity in plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax infections. Nature
• 10 Sep: Once-Monthly Investigational PrEP Drug Could Be Manufactured for $3 a Year. Medscape
• 10 Sep: Nigeria achieves historic milestone as Health Textiles Nigeria begins manufacture of Vestergaard’s PermaNet® Dual mosquito nets. Vestergaard
• 11 Sep: Senegal launches pilot study on schistosomiasis treatment for preschool-aged children in Kédougou region. UNDP
• 11 Sep: Fungal diseases are rising. Innovation must keep up. GHTC
• 11 Sep: As Pandemic Talks Resume, EU Diplomat Sharply Criticises ‘Ideological Polarisation’. Health Policy Watch
• 12 Sep: The Doctor Pressuring African Leaders to Own the Ebola Response. The New York Times
• 13 Aug: Chemovaccination with a late-liver-stage antimalarial induces durable immunity against malaria. Science
• 13 Aug: New vaccination approach turns mosquito bites into immunity boosters. News Medical
• 13 Aug: Aligning EU health innovation with public interest: insights from the new CEPS Report. Global Health Advocates
• 14 Sep: Asia on high alert as El Niño threatens new dengue epidemic. The Telegraph
• 14 Sep: DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I). Health Policy Watch
• 14 Aug: AI-created bacteriophage overcame resistant bacterial strains, but experts emphasize need for safeguards. CIDRAP
• 14 Sep: New “blockbuster” tuberculosis vaccines could save seven million lives by 2050. Gavi
• 14 Sep: Potential new TB vaccines could save millions of lives: Gavi. MedicalXpress
• 14 Sep: Developing Countries Unite Over Need for Binding Contracts with Pharma at Pandemic Talks. Health Policy Watch
• 14 Sep: Rethinking the global health system for a new international order. Nature
• 15 Sep: New research programme aims to develop single-dose malaria treatments. LSHTM
• 15 Sep: Gates Foundation is pledging $1 billion to spread AI to the world's poorest communities. Quartz
• 15 Sep: Building Bridges: A framework for redefining and decolonizing implementation science in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS
• 16 Sep: The Accra Reset must turn sovereignty into country power. The Lancet
• 16 Sep: Pragmatic tuberculosis trials must measure what determines implementation.The Lancet
• 16 Sep: Gilead accelerates global access planning for investigational once-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. Gilead
• 16 Sep: New research set to strengthen epidemic intelligence and modelling for Bundibugyo virus response. CEPI
• 16 Sep: Co-Diagnostics and ReadyGo collaborate to evaluate blood-based molecular testing at the point of need, starting with Ebola. Co-Diagnostics
• 16 Sep: HIV self-testing and the global diagnostic gap: Addressing a decade of missed opportunity. PLOS
• 17 Sep: Ebola outbreak in Congo is still serious, African health body says. Reuters
• 17 Sep: Can we reform the global health system?. Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research
• 17 Sep: Global health agrees on reform. Now, who will give up power?. Devex
• 17 Sep: Building sustainable diagnostic ecosystems for global health. Nature
• 18 Sep: Global health reform and last-mile integration: the missing link in pandemic preparedness. Gavi
• 18 Sep: New TB vaccines could avert millions of deaths, LSHTM modelling suggests. LSHTM
• 18 Sep: Shifting power in global health research: a checklist for research funders. Global Health Action
• 18 Sep: Institute of Philanthropy Commits Nearly US$5 Million to Bring Innovative TB Diagnostics Closer to Patients. The Global Fund
• 18 Sep: US Medicare Pricing Policies Could Drive Global Costs and Hinder Access Worldwide. Health Policy Watch
• 18 Sep: PAHO, Gilead deal expands lenacapavir access for 14 countries. Devex
• 18 Sep: Coefficient Giving launches $165M fund to help countries navigate aid cuts. Devex
• 18 Sep: Member States advance negotiations on pathogen access and benefit-sharing ahead of UN General Assembly meeting on pandemics. WHO
• 18 Sep: Who is really shaping global health reform?. PLOS
• 19 Sep: Despite Funding Cuts, Global Fund Sustains Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria. Health Policy Watch
• 19 Aug: CEPI 3.0 cross-cutting themes explained: Biosecurity. CEPI
• 19 Aug: Safety and immunogenicity of the synthetic carbohydrate conjugate vaccine, SF2a-TT15, against Shigella flexneri 2a in infants in Kenya: a phase 2a, age-descending, dose-escalating, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study. The Lancet
• 19 Aug: Epidemiological impact of a dual-action insecticidal coating applied to Aedes aegypti breeding sites on dengue transmission in Colombia: a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet
• 19 Aug: Insecticidal paints for vector and vector-borne disease control. The Lancet
• 19 Aug: Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting. Health Policy Watch
• 20 Sep: Ethiopia, Norway and UK commit US$240 million to CEPI’s global plan to tackle epidemic and pandemic threats. CEPI
• 21 Sep: Ervebo vaccine trial kicks off in Ebola-ravaged DR Congo. CIDRAP
• 21 Sep: Pandemic Agreement Negotiator Warns Against Losing Momentum. Health Policy Watch
• 21 Sep: As Global Pandemic Approach Flounders, Experts Offer Blueprint to Protect All Citizens. Health Policy Watch
• 21 Sep: Ethiopia, Norway and UK commit US$240 million to CEPI’s global plan to tackle epidemic and pandemic threats. CEPI
• 21 Sep: Gilead to extend access to lenacapavir and broaden its voluntary licences to include a new once-yearly formulation. Access to Medicines Foundation
• 21 Sep: New WHO report calls for stronger ethics oversight of AI-related health research. WHO
• 21 Sep: Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo. UN News
• 21 Sep: ViiV Healthcare makes new £9.75 million investment to accelerate HIV response for paediatric and adolescent population. ViiV
• 22 Sep: Accra Reset’s Plan for Health Sovereignty Includes Closing Some Global Health Bodies. Health Policy Watch
• 22 Sep: The Accra Reset’s 10 commandments. Devex
• 22 Sep: A 30-day benznidazole regimen offers safer Chagas disease treatment option. NewsMedical
• 22 Sep: France releases infertile Asian tiger mosquitoes to fight dengue threat. The Telegraph
• 23 Sep: Wellcome CEO calls for rethink of global health institutions’ mandates. Devex
• 23 Sep: ‘Almost unprecedented’ cuts in malaria funding will hurt UK pandemic planning, leading scientists say. The Independent
• 23 Sep: White House Backtracks on Plan to Exert New Control Over N.I.H. Grants. The New York Times
• 24 Sep: Global Fund Prepares for Major Expansion in Access to Lenacapavir as Generic Supply Approaches. The Global Fund
• 24 Sep: Malaria parasite can reawaken after years: New vaccine target may block liver infection. MedicalXpress
• 24 Sep: Fractured ecosystems, climate change raise risk of zoonotic, vector-borne disease outbreaks, study finds. CIDRAP
• 24 Sep: Diagnostic performance and testing costs of pooled testing for molecular detection of tuberculosis in seven countries: a prospective, observational, diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet
• 25 Aug: China is changing the shape of global health. The terms are still up for negotiation. Nature
• 25 Sep: What the NIH cuts really mean for global health. Impact for Global Health
• 25 Sep: Targeted HIV drug resistance testing moves into routine care in South Africa. MedicalXpress
• 25 Sep: UN Declaration on Pandemic Readiness Appears Headed for General Assembly Approval. Health Policy Watch
• 25 Sep: There's a global pandemic treaty that's signed — and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup?. NPR
• 25 Sep: New tool to mutate phages boosts the fight against superbugs. NewsMedical
• 26 Sep: Platform trials: the study design transforming infectious diseases. The Lancet
• 26 Sep: The Accra Reset must turn sovereignty into country power. The Lancet
• 26 Aug: African Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate to be advanced to clinical trials. CEPI
• 26 Aug: Mentorship initiatives supporting grant acquisition and research capacity among early-career African scientists: systematic review and meta-synthesis. The Lancet
• 27 Aug: Drug resistance could be behind twice as many Asian hospital deaths as we thought. Gavi
• 27 Aug: The next global health architecture must deliver more than reform. Health Policy Watch
• 28 Sep: Following the Best Science Does Not Always Make the Best Vaccine Investment. CGD
• 28 Sep: From the first vaccines against malaria to the first WHO-approved primary clinical trials registry in Africa: the AU-EU R&I Cooperation delivering in Public Health. Delegation of the EU to African Union
• 28 Sep: Financial Boost for Global Health on Sidelines of UN General Assembly. Health Policy Watch
• 29 Sep: UK rabies vaccine trial could also unlock protection against Disease X. CEPI
• 30 Sep: Made in Africa: New measles rapid diagnostic tests mark breakthrough for vaccination efforts. Gavi
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