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PDP Press Releases/ statements

IAVI 

 • 1 Apr: IAVI announces the onset of first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to prevent HIV transmission

• 6 Apr: IAVI begins first-in-human Phase 1 trial of single-dose Marburg virus vaccine candidate

IVCC

 • 9 Apr: Working with endemic country partners to shape the future of vector control

 • 24 Apr: Kim Johnson MP visits malaria researchers ahead of World Malaria Day

 • 24 Apr: Advancing tools for outdoor mosquito control: IVCC and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences launch new collaboration

TB Alliance

• 6 Apr: TB Alliance Congratulates Bruce Carter on His Appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• 12 Apr: New Report: LIFT-TB Helped Cut Time to Global Uptake of Improved Drug-Resistant TB Treatments from Nearly a Decade to Three Years

• 14 Apr: Closing the Gap Between Impact and Innovation

• 24 Apr: Academic Study Finds TB Alliance’s Access Approach Successfully Accelerated Uptake of New TB Treatments

GARDP 

• Apr 7: The European Commission invests in CARB-X and GARDP to ramp up global response to antimicrobial resistance

Population Council

 • 4 Feb: Contraline and Population Council Execute Global Exclusive License Agreement for NES/T Male Contraception Gel

PATH

• 16 Apr: Going the distance: House-to-house mobilizers sustain progress on malaria vaccine rollout in Nigeria

• 20 Apr: Decentralizing molecular diagnostics: Four insights from user evaluations

MMV

• 8 Apr: Global partnership delivers first real-world evidence that new tools can accelerate elimination of relapsing malaria

• 23 Apr: First children receive single‑dose medicine for relapsing malaria in Brazil’s Yanomami community, offering families new hope

• 24 Apr: WHO prequalification of Coartem® Baby marks breakthrough in treating malaria in newborns and young infants

DNDi

• 27 Apr: Thailand registers ravidasvir, a simple-to-use and effective antiviral for hepatitis C, expanding treatment options for Thai patients

FIND

•  9 Apr: Dr Ayoade Alakija Appointed to the Accra Reset initiative

IVI

• 8 Apr: IVI appoints In-Kyu Yoon as Deputy Director General of Integrated Development and Pandemic/Outbreak Readiness

• 15 Apr: Nordic Conference Report: How The Nordic Vaccine Ecosystem Can Reach Its Full Potential

• 29 Apr: IVI Global Council convenes in Manila to shape long-term strategic direction and advance vaccine self-reliance

EVI

• 6 Feb: A 4-dose RTS,S malaria vaccine schedule provides higher protection against severe malaria than a 3-dose schedule

MDGH

• 30 Jan: MDGH starts its Phase 2 clinical trial of dovramilast in people with leprosy type 2 reaction

PDP Funder News/Announcements

• 3 Apr: Wellcome position paper on Horizon Europe 2028–2034. Wellcome

• 3 Apr: Announcement of Changes in the Selection Committee. GHIT

• 7 Apr: Commission announces new global health commitments at One Health Summit. European Commission

• 22 Apr: Total investment of approx. USD 8.5 million in malaria and NTD R&D projects with partners including MMV, GSK, Tanabe Pharma, Eisai and DNDi. GHIT

Funder Announcement Archives

     •     2014 PDP Funder Announcements

     •     2013 PDP Funder Announcements

New PDP Publications

•  25 Apr: Rethinking antibodies for infectious diseases?. IAVI

Other Reports/ Publications

• 10 Mar: Tools to fight AMR exist, but industry-wide action is needed to tilt the battle against superbugs. Access to Medicines Foundation

• 13 Mar: From Commitments to Action: Practical Pathways for Health Financing in Africa. Global Health Strategies

Related Press Releases/ Announcements/Articles

• 1 May: UC Davis researchers develop antibody-based test to detect active TB as alternative to culture. 360Dx

• 1 May: WHO delays pandemic treaty amid pathogen-sharing dispute. Reuters

• 1 Apr: Hope for control of a centuries-old epidemic. Nature

• 1 Apr: Africa Urged to Explore Innovative Financing to Strengthen Health Research and Development. Health Business

• 2 May: First malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’. The Guardian

• 2 Apr: Accelerating Action for Pandemic Preparedness in 2026: Joint Statement by IPPS, CEPI, FIND and DNDi. IPPS

• 2 Apr: Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years and more than 2,200 suspected deaths. AP

• 2 Apr: Civil Society Calls for Greater Engagement in Rollout of HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir As Global Tensions Grow. Health Journalists Network

• 3 May: The bias in medical research: Africa carries a huge disease burden but is missing from clinical trials. The Conversation

• 3 May: Science can accelerate malaria control — with the right leadership. Gulf News

• 3 Apr: Accra Reset announces 18-member high-level panel to reform global health governance. My Joy Online

• 4 May: Zambian families level up malaria defences with vaccination. Gavi

• 5 May: Africa looks inward as global health funding dries up. Devex

• 5 May: Pandemic treaty annex to miss World Health Assembly submission. Devex

• 7 Apr: Merck’s experimental HIV prevention pill could be made for less than $5 a year, researchers say. STAT

• 7 Apr: Harnessing The Power of Science and Scientific Collaboration to Improve Health Outcomes. UNDP

• 7 Apr: R&D roadmaps for pathogen families to reduce uncertainty about the next pandemic and boost coordinated global R&D preparedness. WHO

• 7 Apr: Flurry of Pledges at G7 One Health Summit. Health Policy Watch

• 7 Apr: Integration Without Loss both at Local and Global Levels: Lessons from the MSF–Gilead Lenacapavir Case. The Global Advocacy Data Hub

• 7 Apr: Insecticide resistance in South American mosquitoes portends trouble for malaria control. CIDRAP

• 7 Apr: Global Dx, lab, pharma players form coalition to tackle infectious disease diagnoses, treatment. 360Dx

• 7 Apr: Global Agreement Announced at G7 One Health Summit to Accelerate Access to Diagnostics and Responses to Rising Health Threats. Biomeriuex

• 8 Apr: R&D roadmaps for pathogen families to reduce uncertainty about the next pandemic'. CEPI

• 8 Apr: Strengthening One Health through coordinated action on implementation, science, policy and financing. WHO

• 8 Apr: Africa CDC Secures Over US$250 Million to Advance Africa’s Global Health Security Agenda at the Lyon One Health Summit in Lyon (France). Africa CDC

• 9 Apr: Why mpox outbreaks can change course and what we can do about it. Gavi

• 9 Apr: Transforming WHO: incremental reform is no longer sufficient. The Lancet

• 9 Apr: The Global Fund veteran building Africa CDC's pooled procurement platform. Devex

• 9 Apr: How UK aid spending fell sharply in 2025. Devex

• 9 Apr: G7 One Health Summit launches global diagnostics initiative, and other health stories. WEF

• 9 Apr: The incentives for drug manufacturing in Africa aren’t working. Devex

• 9 Apr: Next-Generation Monoclonal Antibodies: Another Promising Approach to Malaria Prevention. NEJM

• 9 Apr: Efficacy and safety of VPM1002 and Immuvac in preventing tuberculosis: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PreVenTB trial). BMJ

• 9 Apr: Shionogi secures BARDA contract for cefiderocol for resistant infections, bioterror threats. CIDRAP

• 10 Apr: Record ODA Cuts: Top Donors Slash Aid as Global Health Risks Grow. Health Policy Watch

• 10 Apr: Shifting Global Health R&D Funding: Opportunities in a Changing Landscape. MSF Access Campaign

• 10 Apr: A shot of hope: How the malaria vaccine is helping to change lives in Kenya. Vaccines Kenya

• 13 Apr: The world is running out of antibiotics that work. Drought is making it worse. Gavi

• 13 Apr: Ending HIV requires research in and with South Africa. The Lancet

• 13 Apr: When the medicine runs out: AMR, antibiotic shortage, and the children being left behind. IHP

• 14 Apr: Three Million is a Step Forward, But Not Enough. AVAC

• 14 Apr: Lewin denies shutdown of global health supply chain. Devex

• 14 Apr: Evaluation of the COVAX Facility, COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) and COVAX pillar delivery efforts. Gavi

• 14 Apr: The Way Forward for Global Health: The Futures Summit. CSIS

• 14 Apr: Tackling the global health research financing emergency to sustain national health research ecosystems. The Lancet

• 14 Apr: One Million More People to Get HIV ‘Miracle’ Drug Lenacapavir as US, Global Fund Expand Access. Health Policy Watch

• 14 Apr: LSTM joins global consortium accelerating the development of new tuberculosis treatments. LSTM

• 14 Apr: CEPI and PAHO expand partnership to strengthen regulatory systems and vaccine safety across the Americas. CEPI

• 15 Apr: US and Global Fund ramp up support for HIV prevention jab. Devex

• 15 Apr: Funding Cuts Challenge Malaria Vaccination Initiatives. Medscape

• 15 Apr: WHO says vaccinations saving millions in Africa, but aid cuts threaten progress. ABC News

• 15 Apr: Call for US Congressional Oversight on Bilateral Health Agreements. Health Policy Watch

• 16 Apr: Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease. The Guardian

• 16 Apr: APPG sets out vision for a more equitable global health architecture. APPG on Global Health & Security

• 17 Apr: A New Global Health Architecture: Maximising Health Returns. Daniel Reidpath

• 17 Apr: The Gates Foundation’s outgoing policy and advocacy lead on what comes next. Devex

• 18 Apr: Tackling the global health research financing emergency to sustain national health research ecosystems. The Lancet

• 19 Apr: Chikungunya therapy shows promise in first-in-human study. Horse

• 19 Apr: 20 Years Of Priority Review Vouchers, A Tool For Spurring Needed Drugs. Forbes

• 20 Apr: Separating signal from noise: how African biostatisticians are reshaping the fight against malaria. Wits University

• 20 Apr: We are managing HIV with selective lenacapavir roll-out, not ending it. Health-e News

• 20 Apr: Diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis host response 3-gene cartridge among tuberculosis household contacts in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe: a prospective, longitudinal, diagnostic and prognostic accuracy cohort study. The Lancet

• 21 Apr: Duration and association with protection of NANP-repeat-specific and C-terminus-specific anti-circumsporozoite protein IgG responses following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination: an observational ancillary immunological study of a phase 3 clinical trial. The Lancet

• 21 Apr: Africa CDC, WHO and Partners Review Progress on Mpox Response. Africa CDC

• 21 Apr: Who controls South Africa’s lenacapavir rollout? Not South Africa. Health-e News

• 21 Apr: Vaccines mean malaria deaths should be falling — not rising. Nature

• 21 Apr: Inside a Ugandan bat cave: how the deadly Marburg virus jumps from animals to humans. Gavi

• 21 Apr: Gates Foundation to Cut 20% of Staff, Review Epstein Ties. WSJ

• 21 Apr: US aid cuts undermine HIV prevention in South Africa, report finds. Reuters

• 21 Apr: Global health forward: Navigating scarcity in a fractured world through solidarity, equity, and shared responsibility. The Harvard Gazette

• 21 Apr: CEPI and Pasteur Network partner to advance regional vaccine R&D and outbreak preparedness. CEPI

• 21 Apr: AU and EU strengthen their Health Partnership, launch initiatives under Global Gateway. Africa CDC

• 21 Apr: Holding the line: How innovation could combat drug and insecticide resistance in malaria. GHTC

• 21 Apr: Roche provides updates on current, potential future TB test offerings at ESCMID. 360Dx

• 22 Apr: Resolving Africa’s R&D capacity clustering: why preparedness must move beyond a handful of hubs. Impact Global Health

• 22 Apr: Africa’s malaria fight needs stronger local research. Gavi

• 22 Apr: No One Wins If Multilateralism for Health Loses. Think Global Health

• 22 Apr: How a rapid-response bird flu vaccine trial is shaping global preparedness. CEPI

• 22 Apr: The future of diagnostics in Africa. Nature Medicine

• 22 Apr: Major global health funding to tackle drug-resistant infections. NIHR

• 23 Apr: World Malaria Day: Uganda vaccine rollout shows promise. DW

• 23 Apr: Ending malaria in Africa: 5 essential reads on gains and challenges. The Conversation

• 23 Apr: ‘We are worried’: Malaria mounts a comeback after slashed US funding. CIDRAP

• 23 Apr: Indigenous Brazilian Children Are First in World to Get Paediatric Malaria Treatment. Health Policy Watch

• 23 Apr: WHO prequalifies Rapigen malaria tests detecting novel Plasmodium antigen. CIDRAP

• 23 Apr: How African Regional Agencies Can Shape Global Health Reform. Think Global Health

• 24 Apr: Two years after the introduction of the malaria vaccine, Burkina Faso celebrates its impact. Gavi

• 24 Apr: Insights on global health reform discussions, trends and perspectives: April 2026. Partnership for International Politics and Diplomacy for Health

• 24 Apr: WHO prequalifies first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and infants, adds new diagnostic tests. WHO

• 24 Apr: Malaria vaccines scale up in Africa amid new threats. Nature

• 24 Apr: Africa Needs Urgent Action to Protect ‘Miracle’ Malaria Drugs. Health Policy Watch

• 24 Apr: Malaria vaccines expand across Africa as Gavi warns of funding issues. People’s Gazette

• 24 Apr: Gavi boss on Rwanda’s potential as a 'hub for pandemic response'. The New Times

• 24 Apr: The Promise of New Vaccines in the Fight Against Malaria. JHU

• 24 Apr: Orchestrating faster access to products of non-profit R&D: a case study of a novel regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis. BMJ

• 24 Apr: Reshaping global health architecture: African health sovereignty as the foundation of global health equity and security. Journal of Public Health in Africa

• 25 Apr: Antibody-based malaria prevention in an intense perennial transmission setting. The Lancet

• 24 Apr: Why don’t proven health interventions reach people who need them?. Devex

• 25 Apr: Malaria vaccines could help stop 600,000 deaths a year – but not if aid dries up. The Independent

• 25 Apr: World Malaria Day: Malaria defies medications despite ongoing eradication. The Guardian Nigeria

• 25 Apr: Malaria vaccines are working. We cannot afford to lose momentum. Gavi

• 25 Apr: UK backs one in five malaria tools in development - as campaigners warn “malaria science superpower” status must be maintained. Impact Global Health

• 25 Apr: ‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition. The Guardian

• 25 Apr: Accelerating action to end malaria: A test of Africa’s Health Security and Sovereignty. Africa CDC

• 25 Apr: University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India agree licence to advance the next-generation multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate component. Oxford University

• 26 Apr: Developed Countries Propose ‘Hybrid’ Model Ahead of Pandemic Agreement Talks. Health Policy Watch

• 27 Apr: Why are we seeing more outbreaks of the deadliest diseases?. The Telegraph

• 27 Apr: Making Better Vaccine Choices in a Shifting Global Health Landscape. Health Policy Watch

• 28 Apr: Malaria Funding Crisis and Drug Resistance Compel African Investment. Health Policy Watch

• 28 Apr: A better treatment for river blindness is available, but its rollout is complicated. Nature

• 28 Apr: Global Dx compact aims to boost use of clinical testing to tackle antimicrobial resistance. 360Dx

• 28 Apr: Partnering with Philanthropy: Strategies and Lessons from Development Agencies. CGD

• 28 Apr: CARB-X awards funding to AdJane to advance its nOMV platform-derived vaccine for the prevention of gonorrhea. CARB-X

• 28 Apr: Africa CDC Launches African High-Level Ministerial Committee to Shape Global Health Architecture Reform. Africa CDC

• 29 Apr: Examining The Narrative of Incentivizing Pharma Industry Participation in The WHO Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System. Geneva Health Files

• 29 Apr: Philanthropy is reshaping global health. Here’s how. The Conversation

• 29 Apr: Accelerating malaria vaccine scale-up for a healthier nation. The Guardian Nigeria

• 29 Apr: Long a dream, it's now real: a fast and accurate TB test that doesn't need phlegm. NPR

• 29 Apr: African Leaders Declare End of Aid Era at Nairobi World Health Summit, But The Data Tell a More Complicated Story. Health Policy Watch

• 29 Apr: Global forum takes stock of progress on new TB vaccines for adults and adolescents. WHO

• 29 Apr: A WHO worth fighting for: the case for focused, ambitious reform. The Lancet

• 29 Apr: Ebola vaccine provides long-term immune responses against deadly virus, helping inform future outbreak responses. LSHTM

• 29 Apr: Lenacapavir and the real access test. AIDspan

• 29 Apr: The UK is a malaria science ‘superpower’ – and the world needs that. The Independent

• 29 Apr: The fox, the crow and the superbug: how wildlife could be an ‘early warning system’ for antibiotic resistance . Gavi

• 30 Apr: Meet two pioneering Market Shapers. MedAccess

• 30 Apr: Africa’s victory over malaria will be built at home. Daily News Tanzania

• 30 Apr: No sputum needed: Easy-to-use TB test shows accuracy in 7-country analysis. CIDRAP

• 30 Apr: No Pandemic Agreement Annex by World Health Assembly, Says Civil Society. Health Policy Watch

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