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PDP Press Releases/ statements
• 1 Jun: IAVI to advance vaccine candidate for Bundibugyo virus, receives funding from CEPI
• 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
• 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
• Jun 8: DNDi, GARDP, and MMV join forces to accelerate drug development for patients in greatest need
• 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
• 5 Jun: Coartem® Baby awarded MMV’s Project of the Year 2025
• 8 Jun: DNDi, GARDP, and MMV join forces to accelerate drug development for patients in greatest need
• 27 May: MMV hosts workshop to advance long‑acting injectables for high‑burden diseases
• 8 Jun: DNDi, GARDP, and MMV join forces to accelerate drug development for patients in greatest need
• 9 Jun: DNDi Statement at the UN Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR)
• 15 May: DNDi statement on hantavirus outbreak: ‘Investment in pandemic preparedness efforts remains insufficient.’
• 9 Apr: Dr Ayoade Alakija Appointed to the Accra Reset initiative
• 20 May: Health leaders unite at World Health Assembly to advance biomanufacturing self-reliance and pandemic resilience
MDGH
• 30 Jan: MDGH starts its Phase 2 clinical trial of dovramilast in people with leprosy type 2 reaction
PDP Funder News/Announcements
• 3 Jun: UK launches expert network to boost Ebola response and global crisis readiness. UK Government
• 23 May: Gates Foundation Ebola Response Funding Announcement. Gates Foundation
• 13 May: Commission strengthens global health security with new Global Health Resilience Initiative. European Commission
• 26 May: Announcing the Strep A Vaccine Fund. Coefficient Giving
Funder Announcement Archives
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• 2013 PDP Funder Announcements
New PDP Publications
• 31 May: Global Health in Transition: A Private Sector Dialogue on Architecting a new future. PATH
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 Jun: CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates. CEPI
• 1 Jun: Congo Ebola Outbreak Now Third-Largest on Record as Suspected Cases Pass 1,000. Health Policy Watch
• 1 Jun: Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida. The Guardian
• 1 Jun: The race is on to develop Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines. Devex
• 1 Jun: Offline: The dishonest politics of global health, Richard Horton. The Lancet
• 1 Jun: Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts. Think Global Health
• 1 Jun: Africa CDC: Ebola Emergency Underscores The Access to Countermeasures in the Negotiations On Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing. Geneva Health Files
• 1 Jun: As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments. The New York Times
• 2 Jun: Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any. The New York Times
• 2 Jun: Devex CheckUp: Who is funding what in the Ebola response?. Devex
• 2 Jun: Merck weighs use of COVID antiviral Lagevrio as Ebola outbreak worsens. Fierce Pharma
• 2 Jun: Phase 1 clinical trial set to begin on first leishmaniasis vaccine. Ohio State News
• 2 Jun: Can Africa pay for its own outbreaks? Ebola offers an early test. Devex
• 2 Jun: Tuberculosis test may improve diagnosis. NIH
• 2 Jun: The Chagas disease time bomb in Latin America’s cities. The Telegraph
• 2 Jun: Collaboration will be key in race for vaccine to control rare Ebola strain. Gavi
• 2 Jun: Scientists identify possible cause of noma, the disease that destroys children’s faces. Gavi
• 2 Jun: Rubio says US is considering naming official to run Ebola response. Reuters
• 2 Jun: Better diagnostics could have limited this Ebola outbreak. Nature
• 2 Jun: Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy. The New York Times
• 3 Jun: This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid. The New York Times
• 3 Jun: CEPI funds next phase of nanoparticle vaccine platform to support rapid outbreak response. CEPI
• 3 Jun: No data, no direction. Impact Global Health
• 3 Jun: White House may appoint Ebola lead, Rubio tells lawmakers. Devex
• 3 Jun: NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola. STAT
• 3 Jun: WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined. Health Policy Watch
• 3 Jun: Malaria is gaining ground—but researchers are developing promising new solutions. Harvard
• 3 Jun: Scientific Breakthroughs and Political Retreat Set the Stage for a Crucial Global Moment in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS. Global Dispatches
• 3 Jun: Implementation determinants of rapid diagnostics tests for fever management in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed-studies systematic review. Nature
• 4 Jun: Ending HIV requires research in and with South Africa. The Lancet HIV
• 5 Jun: Accelerating vaccine research and development for skin neglected tropical diseases: A case for leishmaniasis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer. PLOS
• 5 Jun: From market failure to epidemic preparedness: the race for a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine. Gavi
• 5 Jun: What the Ebola outbreak demands from global leaders in 2026. Gavi
5 Jun: The fatal Ebola outbreak in the DRC needs faster, simpler tests. Devex
• 5 Jun: Ghana eyes 2027 launch of first locally produced vaccine with $50 million investment push. Pulse
• 5 Jun: WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges. Health Policy Watch
• 6 Jun: Responding to Ebola: a test. The Lancet
• 6 May: Non-sputum testing: an incomplete bridge across the tuberculosis diagnostic gap. The Lancet
• 6 May: Throwing basket of diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and mozzie stoppers at malaria has not stopped the disease. Mail & Guardian
• 6 May: Restoring certainty to global health regulation. BMJ
• 6 May: Fourteen days to recovery from kala-azar. Nature
• 6 May: New inhibitor design provides a blueprint for effective malaria treatments. NewsMedical
• 7 Jun: Tanzania's bold experiment against malaria. DW
• 8 Jun: Non-Profit R&D Groups Pool Resources Amid Shrinking Global Budgets. Health Policy Watch
• 8 Jun: FG targets new tools to tackle malaria scourge. The Guardian Nigeria
• 8 Jun: Gavi plans to use US cash for malaria, while meeting Kennedy's conditions. Reuters
• 8 Jun: The Power of Science for Health: Malawi’s Milestones Transforming Lives. WHO
• 8 Jun: As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa. MedicalXpress
• 8 Jun: Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race?. Health Policy Watch
• 8 Jun: How CEPI can enhance global vaccine equity and transparency. The Lancet
• 8 Jun: Inclusion of young adolescents in policy development for new tuberculosis vaccines. The Lancet
• 8 Jun: Accelerating chikungunya vaccine development in Africa: Launch of the ACT-CHIK Project. First Word Pharma
• 8 Jun: Inside WHO and Africa CDC’s $518M Ebola response plan. Devex
• 9 Jun: Seth Berkley has seen our pandemic future. Devex
• 9 Jun: New TB vaccines are on the horizon. In Zambia, scientists are already figuring out how best to deploy it. Gavi
• 9 Jun: World’s first AI‑designed vaccine explained. Gavi
• 9 Jun: Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally. Health Policy Watch
• 9 Jun: Lenacapavir: the HIV Breakthrough Proving Why NIH Funding Matters. Think Global Health
• 9 Jun: Bundibugyo Ebola without vaccines or therapeutics: why public health fundamentals matter more than border closures. Nature
• 9 Jun: To reset global development, invest in global south research and innovation. Devex
• 9 Jun: First-in-human clinical trial shows promising results for new Lassa fever vaccine. University of Maryland
• 9 Jun: CEPI awards Public Health Vaccines US$1.9m to accelerate Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine. CEPI
• 10 Jun: The hunt for a new Ebola vaccine: two scientists explain the challenges. The Conversation
• 10 Jun: First-Ever Dual Vaccine for Lassa Virus and Rabies Deemed Safe in Human Trial. Discover Magazine
• 10 Jun: Rwanda: €15m Vaccine Clinical Trial On Mosquito-Borne Viral Disease Launched. All Africa
• 10 Jun: Can global health reform without creating new fragmentation?. Devex
• 10 Jun: Trump administration has its sights set on destroying international research collaborations. BMJ
• 11 Jun: FG deploys new tools to tackle malaria scourge. The Guardian Nigeria
• 11 Jun: The Gates Foundation’s push for stronger African health product regulators. Devex
• 11 Jun: Reforming the Global Health Architecture: Power Relations, Jockeying for Influence, and the Efforts to Break Free from Status Quo. Geneva Health Files
• 12 Jun: ‘It’s possible to have a collective success’: three Geneva health non-profits bolster ties amid shrinking aid. Geneva Solutions
• 12 Jun: Saving Women From Bleeding to Death After Giving Birth. Health Policy Watch
• 12 Jun: Global antimicrobial resistance threats forecast to rise by 2050, King’s College study finds. Innovation News Network
• 13 May: EU trumpets its reliability on global health as US slashes foreign aid. Politico
• 13 Jun: GSK Opens New Front in Malaria Prevention With First-in-Human Antibody Trial. The Globe & Mail
• 13 Jun: Urgent need for a reliable rapid diagnostic test for the Ebola epidemic caused by Bundibugyo virus in Africa. The Lancet
• 13 May: Centering Women, Children, and Adolescents in Global Health Reform. Think Global Health
• 14 May: Innovation without access is not progress: what the EU's new health initiative must deliver. Unitaid
• 14 May: Scientists map research gaps between West Africa and a lassa fever vaccine. Modern Ghana
• 14 May: Rethinking Global Health Reform After COVID-19: Legitimacy Before Authority. IHP
• 14 May: The global health system must radically change to survive and thrive. The Telegraph
• 14 Jun: Leading Malaria Scientist Warns Tools Alone Will Not End the Disease. Health Policy Watch
• 14 May: Revamping Global Health Architecture: Reforms by "Reports" [WHA79 PRIMER]. Geneva Health Files
• 15 May: Gavi to propose new incentives aimed at advancing vaccine manufacturing in Africa. Gavi
• 15 May: First hantavirus, now Ebola: What two outbreaks reveal about global preparedness. STAT
• 15 May: Beyond borders: how HERA can unlock global health as a true public good through data and knowledge sharing. CEPS
• 15 May: First hantavirus, now Ebola: What two outbreaks reveal about global preparedness. STAT
• 15 May: Global Health in 2026: Hard Truths from 11 Leaders. Devex
• 15 May: What does WHO need to do to actually remain relevant?. Devex
• 15 May: Ebola & Hantavirus Outbreaks Foreshadow the World Health Assembly. Geneva Health Files
• 15 May: "Africa is Not a Real Market:" The Fragmentation Problem Behind Africa’s Health Manufacturing Ambitions. Africa Health Watch
• 17 May: WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. The New York Times
• 18 May: Germany pledges an additional €25 million to WHO. Devex
• 18 May: John Mahama warns health reforms must consider mergers, new mandates. Devex
• 18 May: How BillionScale Health plans to scale breakthrough technologies. Devex
• 18 May: Mahama unveils 3-pillar “Accra Reset” initiative to reform global health governance. Modern Ghana
• 18 May: Outbreak Threats, Geopolitical Divides and Financial Crises Hover Over 79th World Health Assembly. Health Policy Watch
• 18 May: With no approved vaccine for Ebola outbreak, experts weigh testing a long shot. STAT
• 18 May: Scientists play catch-up to startling Ebola outbreak. Science
• 18 May: Race begins to trial Ebola drugs amid current outbreak. Nature
• 19 May: Member States Support Extended Deadline for Talks on Pandemic Agreement Annex. Health Policy Watch
• 19 May: WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases and deaths rise in DRC. The Guardian
• 19 May: Trump’s cuts to foreign aid are undermining the Ebola response, insiders say. STAT
• 19 May: Meeting the 2024 UN General Assembly declaration targets on antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet
• 19 May: Democratizing global health governance: mission impossible?. People’s Dispatch
• 19 May: The Global Fund and Africa CDC Join Forces for Stronger, Self-Reliant Health Systems. The Global Fund
• 19 May: African Health leaders forge unified position on Global Health Reform ahead of WHA79 in Geneva. Tech Review Africa
• 19 May: African Leadership Drives HIV Prevention Access. AVAC
• 19 May: Vaccine experts debate options to combat outbreak of unusual Ebola strain. Science
• 19 May: Behind the Mission to Stop Viral Outbreaks Within 100 Days. Time
• 19 May: Bridging the gap in TB case detection. Nature
• 19 May: Decolonising Neglected Tropical Diseases research in Africa: insights, challenges and promising practices. BMJ
• 19 May: Disease outbreaks such as Ebola and hantavirus are more frequent and deadly as world “moves backwards,” report warns. BMJ
• 19 May: European Union and Singapore Back CEPI’s Plan to Boost Global Defences Against Epidemic and Pandemic Threats. CEPI
• 20 May: The HIV prevention jab scientists hoped for is finally here. Now comes the hard part. Bhekisisa
• 20 May: In Mali, one year in, hybrid malaria vaccine programme shows early results. Gavi
• 20 May: Africa CDC and Team Europe Launch Landmark Report Showing Health R&D Could Generate $668 Billion for African Economies. Africa CDC
• 20 May: After a critique from Rubio, WHO defends work on Ebola response. STAT
• 20 May: EU, Singapore pledge nearly $100M for CEPI amid fresh Ebola outbreak. Devex
• 20 May: Vaccine to tackle Ebola outbreak will take six to nine months, says WHO. The Guardian
• 21 May: Ebola responders say aid cuts by Western nations left them ill-equipped for outbreak. Washington Post
• 21 May: Stopping Outbreaks at Source: Pandemic Preparedness Stumbles at Local Level. Health Policy Watch
• 21 May: Ebola responders say aid cuts by Western nations left them ill-equipped for outbreak. The Washington Post
• 21 May: Country Leap into Action: advancing country-led global health architecture reform. Gavi
• 21 May: Are We Reforming Global Health or Washing Our Hands Of It?. Institute for New Economic Thinking
• 21 May: Whose science? A bioethical case for sovereign stewardship in African research and development financing. The Lancet
• 21 May: Gavi statement on the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Gavi
• 21 May: Collaboration will be key in race for vaccine to control rare Ebola strain. Devex
• 21 May: Gavi statement on scaling innovative financing for the next pandemic. Gavi
• 21 May: UK commits $26.87 million to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC. Reuters
• 21 May: New consensus document on AMR education positions children as agents of change. TWN
• 21 May: Ebola outbreak: the data that show why researchers are so alarmed. Nature
• 21 May: Pharma Industry Demands Repositioning of Medical Innovation as Strategic Investment, Not Cost. Health Policy Watch
• 21 May: Restore Funds for Malaria, Africa Urges. Health Policy Watch
• 22 May: Filovirus: Emergency scientific consultation on Bundibugyo medical countermeasures R&D. WHO
• 22 May: WHA 79 – KEI statement on Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative Statement. KEI
• 22 May: Statement on vaccine efforts relating to the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus outbreak in the DRC. Oxford
• 22 May: Investment into health R&D could unlock $668B for Africa. Semafor
• 22 May: Scientists urge advocacy to protect vital global vaccine research. News Medical
• 22 May: Bundibugyo, the rare virus causing a deadly new Ebola outbreak, has no vaccine yet. Here’s what we know. Gavi
• 22 May: Ebola Emergency Frames The Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System As Key For Global Health Security. Geneva Health Files
• 22 May: Andes virus on a cruise ship: person-to-person transmission and an empty pipeline. The Lancet
• 22 May: The dinosaurs of international aid must adapt or die – their expensive era is over. The Guardian
• 23 May: WHA Member States Approve Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy After Resolving Tech Transfer Debate. Health Policy Watch
• 23 May: WHA Advances Global Health Architecture Reform Amidst Questions About Where Process Will Really Lead. Health Policy Watch
• 23 May: UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study. The Guardian
• 24 May: Rush for new Ebola vaccine as outbreak grows in Africa. DW
• 24 May: Growing resistance hampers Ebola response in DR Congo. DW
• 25 May: Exclusive: Trump admin shutting key US researchers out of global virus response talks, documents and sources reveal. CNN
• 25 May: The PHEIC for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus: an inflection point for solidarity and health equity. The Lancet
• 25 May: Panic, Neglect, Repeat: The 2026 Ebola Outbreak Shows Us We Must Change the Pattern for Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response. National Academy of Medicine
• 25 May: The World Health Assembly adopts updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2026–2036). WHO
• 25 May: Performance of five mpox antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests tested on lesion swabs from patients with suspected mpox from the Kinshasa province of DR Congo: a diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet
• 25 May: ‘It’s so bad’: Inside the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak. Devex
• 25 May: The Ebola species rapidly spreading has no vaccines. Here are the options. Devex
• 26 May: Kenya-linked Ebola vaccine may be tested in Uganda, say experts. The Star
• 26 May: A Powerful H.I.V. Drug Lands in Zambia. But Will It Reach Those Who Need It?. The New York Times
• 26 May: Can fast, nimble clinical trials deliver a drug for the new Ebola outbreak?. Science
• 26 May: Why lenacapavir could be a game changer for the fight against HIV. Devex
• 26 May: Devex CheckUp: WHA — what happened, and what happens next?. Devex
• 26 May: Why infectious disease innovation still needs long-term investment. Devex
• 26 May: Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says. The Guardian
• 26 May: Bundibugyo Ebola: why preparedness still fails at the point of detection. The Lancet
• 26 May: Mandates or Markets? Geopolitical Rift Impairs Pandemic Preparedness as Crisis Funds Hit ‘Dangerous Lows’. Health Policy Watch
• 26 May: Snakebite – Long Ignored, Recently Recognized as Neglected Disease. Health Policy Watch
• 26 May: No more needles? Six technologies that could transform how we get vaccinated. Gavi
• 26 May: Ebola outbreak in the DRC: four reasons it will be hard to contain. Gavi
• 27 May: Devex Newswire: Ebola outbreak outruns science as cases surge in DRC. Devex
• 27 May: The long, strange journey of mycetoma research. Global Health NOW
• 27 May: Can the near point-of-care TB test close the diagnostic gap in Africa?. The Lancet
• 27 May: Spanish top health official: New global health architecture must break with ‘inherited structures’. Geneva Solutions
• 27 May: ‘Failure was Never an Option’: South Africa’s mRNA ‘Hub’ Awarded Good Manufacturing Practice Certification. Health Policy Watch
• 27 May: The DRC Ebola outbreak has exposed the consequences of global health underfunding. BMJ
• 27 May: Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says. The Guardian
• 27 May: APMEN Case Study “Thailand’s Experience with Tafenoquine: A Roadmap for Integrating Radical Cure into Routine Hospital Systems”. APMEN
• 28 May: Experimental vaccine triggers broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies in macaques. News Medical
• 28 May: Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests. The Guardian
• 28 May: African Union's health agency vows Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine by end of 2026. MedicalXpress
• 28 May: Experts convened by WHO advise on candidate treatments and vaccines for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus. WHO
• 28 May: Adapting the global research agenda to local contexts. WHO
• 28 May: WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines to be tested in trials amid outbreak. Reuters
• 28 May: Outdoor mosquito control must be part of integrated mosquito management. Devex
• 29 May: Uganda’s TB gains face new pressure without US-funded outreach programs. Devex
• 29 May: Gavi commits US$ 50 million to Bundibugyo Ebolavirus vaccines and outbreak response. Gavi
• 29 May: The scent of supper: Can mosquitoes learn to love DEET?. CIDRAP
• 29 May: New antibiotic design could help treat drug-resistant infections. MedicalXpress
• 29 May: A rifamycin-free regimen for shortened tuberculosis treatment. The Lancet
• 29 May: Can We Build a Future of Global Health That Works Better for Everyone?. Boston University
• 29 May: How ‘boom and bust’ Ebola R&D funding leaves us vulnerable. Impact Global Health
• 30 May: Advancing child health: forecasting the next great research achievements. Nature
• 31 May: CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates. CEPi
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