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PDP Press Releases/ statements

IAVI 

• 5 Aug: ENABLE project launches to evaluate the enhancement of treatment of HIV in infants by adding monoclonal antibodies

IVCC

 • 20 Aug: World Mosquito Day: Developing the next generation of tools to stay ahead of insecticide resistance 

TB Alliance

• 14 Jul: TB Alliance case study on expanding access to lifesaving tuberculosis treatments published by INSEAD

GARDP 

• 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

Population Council

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

PATH

• 9 Sep: PATH appoints Dr. Jeremy Farrar as Chief of Asia, Middle East, and Europe regional division

• 14 Jul: PATH and Unitaid partner with GiveWell to strengthen integrated HIV and syphilis testing for mothers, newborns, and their families

• 27 Jul: The diagnostics deficit: Funding, access, and preparedness gaps in African health systems

MMV

• 1 Sep: Africa-Europe research partnership launches to advance next-generation single-dose malaria treatments

• 15 Jul: New malaria drug candidate shows early promise in human study

• 21 Jul: Japan convenes global leaders in malaria research and development to strengthen partnerships for innovative prevention and treatment tools

DNDi

• 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

FIND

•  10 Jul: FIND Board Announces Board Chair Transition

IVI

• 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

EVI

• 6 Sep: Prof. Umberto D'Alessandro joins EVI as Medical Director

• 9 Jun: Powering Europe's pandemic response: EVI and partners to offer vaccine R&D expertise and resources to applicant developers through ISIDORe II

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

• 24 Aug: Coefficient Giving’s Largest Grant Ever: $276 Million, Co-Funded With GiveWell, to the Against Malaria Foundation. Coefficient Giving

• 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

• Jun: From innovation to impact: Building on 20 years of progress. Unitaid

• 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

• 12 Aug: At the heart of accelerating chikungunya vaccine development for Africa. CEPI

• 13 Aug: A boost for chemical vaccination against malaria. Science

• 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

• 13 Aug: The precarious state of community engagement in African clinical trials: A systematic review of funding, workforce gaps, and the path to institutionalization. PLOS

• 13 Aug: Leading Malaria Scientist Warns Tools Alone Will Not End the Disease. 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

• 17 Aug: We cannot afford to lose the fight against drug-resistant malaria. GHTC

• 17 Aug: New genetic mutations linked to malaria drug resistance discovered. News Medical

• 17 Aug: Why Unitaid’s incoming chief says global health must keep innovating. Devex

• 17 Aug: Scots scientists hail antimalarial compound as 'exciting step forward'. The Scotsman

• 18 Aug: High-Profile Departures Shake Up WHO Leadership, Tedros ‘Confidant’ Returns. Health Policy Watch

• 18 Aug: The Ebola situation is grave; we must use every tool we have to save lives. Gavi

• 18 Aug: In parts of the world, antibiotic overuse isn’t the problem — underuse is. STAT

• 18 Aug: Priorities for an African research agenda on climate, environment and maternal, newborn and child health. Frontiers

• 19 Aug: Lessons from another negative tuberculosis vaccine trial. The Lancet

• 19 Aug: Meet the mosquitoes helping scientists tackle malaria. LSTMH

• 19 Aug: NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa. Health Policy Watch

• 19 Aug: SA and Zambia’s HIV shot dilemma: Demand versus supply. Bhekisisa 

• 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 Aug: New studies to test whether existing Ebola vaccines can generate immune responses to Bundibugyo ebolavirus. CEPI

• 20 Aug: Gavi commits additional funding for Ebola response. Gavi

• 20 Aug: WHO delivers Ebola vaccine to DR Congo to see if it can protect against Bundibugyo strain. CIDRAP

• 20 Aug: Five years on from first vaccine, fight against malaria sees progress in Africa. RFI

• 20 Aug: Brazil Advances New Vaccine Approach for Plasmodium vivax Malaria. Medscape

• 21 Aug: From estimates to evidence: measuring the true burden of AMR. The Lancet

• 22 Aug: Expert Committee recommends local clinical trial waivers for generic lenacapavir. TWN

• 24 Aug: Tuberculosis testing enters a new era of access to innovation. Forbes

• 24 Aug: Four key ways our warming planet is affecting our health. Gavi

• 24 Aug: Resistant malaria parasites become increasingly prevalent across Ethiopia. News Medical

• 24 Aug: As Malaria Spreads, Africa Needs Data on Gene-Edited Mosquitos. Think Global Health

• 24 Aug: WHO updates guidelines for visceral leishmaniasis. The Lancet

• 25 Aug: Ebola (Bundibugyo) Day 100 – Tracking Progress on Medical Countermeasures. IPPS

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

• 25 Aug: Ebola at 100 Days: Lessons, Challenges and Achievements. Health Policy Watch

• 25 Aug: China is changing the shape of global health. The terms are still up for negotiation. Nature

• 25 Aug: 100 Day milestone of Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak must be a “wake up call” for pandemic preparedness, says pharma industry. IFPMA

• 25 Aug: Asia’s clinical research revolution: Why the world’s innovation centre is shifting east. Clinical Trials Arena

• 25 Aug: Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Dengue Monoclonal Antibody in Adult Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA

• 25 Aug: Swiss non-profit drugmakers team up as funding shrinks. Swiss Info

• 26 Aug: African health ministers adopt new strategy to bolster medical regulatory systems. WHO

• 26 Aug: Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?. The Guardian

• 26 Aug: CEPI faces huge Ebola vaccine funding shortfall. Devex

• 26 Aug: Novel TB vaccine candidate misses the mark in phase 3 trial in newborns. CIDRAP

• 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

• 27 Aug: New TB vaccines are moving closer. Is Africa ready?. Health Policy Watch

• 30 Aug: UK commits more than £100m from aid budget to cutting-edge health research. The Independent

• 30 Aug: South Africa Grapples With The Promise and Price of Injectable Lenacapavir to Prevent HIV. Health Policy Watch

• 31 Aug: Innovations in reagent manufacturing to support the global diagnostics supply chain. Frontiers

• 31 Aug: Clinical accuracy, performance, and usability of the Dragonfly point-of-care molecular diagnostic platform for mpox: a mixed-methods field evaluation in Uganda. The Lancet

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