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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
• 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 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
• 20 Aug: Mycetoma at 10: What recognition made possible
• 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
• 11 Aug: Tackling schistosomiasis in Tanzania's young children. Wellcome
• 18 Aug: Unitaid invests US$36 million to support evidence-based scale-up of innovative malaria prevention tools. Unitaid
• 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
• 4 Sep: KI and IVI strengthen their collaboration in global health. Karolinska
• 4 Aug: Moderna begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine. Reuters
• 4 Aug: Clinical, molecular, and in vitro evidence of artemisinin partial resistance in Ethiopian Plasmodium falciparum: a prospective, multisite, surveillance study. The Lancet
• 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: Third meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on candidate vaccine prioritization (TAG-CVP) for Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak response: meeting report, 31 July 2026. WHO
• 7 Aug: Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial. Al Jazeera
• 7 Aug: Nanophotonics offers new hope for early malaria diagnosis. 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
• 10 Aug: Beyond restoration: Tipping points, leverage points and the reimagination of global health architecture. Global Public Health
• 10 Aug: White House Attempt to Control Science Grants is Blocked – For Now. Health Policy Watch
• 10 Aug: We prepared for Ebola — but not this Ebola. STAT
• 10 Aug: AI Philanthropy Should Buy the Breakthroughs Markets Won’t. CGD
• 11 Aug: India’s homegrown malaria vaccine still a couple of years away from potential rollout, says ICMR chief. The Print
• 11 Aug: Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine. UN News
• 11 Aug: Phase 3 trial of Ebola vaccine to begin within weeks in Congo. Healio
• 11 Aug: Why bioequivalence is central to Africa’s manufacturing future. USP
• 11 Aug: The race to develop a vaccine for world’s fastest spreading Ebola. Geneva Solutions
• 12 Aug: Talks on launch of clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in DRC advance, WHO says. STAT
• 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: 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 Aug: Scaling up malaria vaccines in Africa. BMJ
• 14 Aug: CEPI Board appoints Ibrahim Abubakar as new Chief Executive Officer. CEPI
• 14 Aug: Guiding principles for pragmatic randomised trials of tuberculosis treatments. The Lancet
• 15 Aug: The next global health architecture cannot exclude women. The Lancet
• 17 Aug: New malaria compound could simplify treatment with single dose. Health Tech World
• 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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