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PDP Press Releases/ statements

IAVI

• 8 Sep: IAVI mourns the passing of David Baltimore

• 9 Sep: West African leaders commit to advance Lassa fever vaccine for the region

IVCC

 • 19 Aug: World Mosquito Day 2025: A new world, crises, and opportunities

TB Alliance

• 12 Sep: TB Alliance Welcomes WHO Prequalification of Lupin’s Pretomanid Product

• 1 Aug: Bangladesh TB Leaders Build Momentum for Shorter, Safer Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment

GARDP 

• 18 Aug: Japan commits new funding to develop treatments for drug-resistant infections

Population Council

 • 26 Jun: Dapivirine vaginal ring recommended as an HIV prevention option for adolescent girls

PATH

 • 2 Sep: Turning trust into coverage: Youth-led efforts raise malaria vaccine uptake

• 8 Sep: Strengthening Africa’s health R&D and manufacturing ecosystem: Analysis of the investments and gaps

MMV

• 20 Aug: Pyramax ® label update: Now includes information for the treatment of pregnant women with malaria

DNDi

• 2 Sep: DNDi Brochure: A revolution in medicine starts here

• 15 Sep: Switzerland renews commitment to DNDi to advance medical innovation for neglected patients

• 12 Aug: DNDi calls for nominations for private sector Board member 

• 21 Aug: DNDi’s briefing note for the 75th Session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa

• 22 Aug: DNDi receives Japan’s Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize 2025 for its work to develop new treatments for neglected diseases in Africa 

FIND

•  8 Sep: FIND’S leadership and impact in Lassa fever diagnostics to feature at 2nd Lassa fever International conference

•  11 Sep: FIND announces appointment of Dr Jutta Reinhard-Rupp as Chief Scientific Officer

IVI

• 4 Sep: The Zambia National Public Health Institute and International Vaccine Institute sign MoU to advance vaccine manufacturing ecosystem in Zambia

• 10 Sep: IVI joins WHO Coalition of Interested Parties Network

• 27 Aug: WHO Africa, International Vaccine Institute sign agreement to boost vaccine production in Africa

EVI

• 14 Aug: EVI begins clinical trial for promising malaria vaccine in Burkina Faso

MDGH

• 8 Sep: Medicines Development for Global Health announces inclusion of moxidectin on World Health Organization Essential Medicines Lists

PDP Funder News/Announcements

• 4 Sep: Bold ideas for a reformed global health system. Wellcome

• 4 Sep: PEPFAR’s Support of American Innovation to Reach up to 2 Million People by 2028 with Breakthrough HIV Drug Lenacapavir. US Department of State

• 13 Aug: Unitaid-funded research drives WHO recommendation of spatial repellents – the first new malaria vector control tool in decades. Unitaid

• 19 Aug: Unitaid and Jhpiego launch US$26.5 million initiative to curb rising antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. Unitaid

• 21 Aug: Unitaid announces two new flagship investments to boost regional manufacturing of diagnostics and medicines in Africa. Unitaid

• 28 Aug: Professor Marcel Tanner steps down as High Representative of the EDCTP Association. EDCTP

Funder Announcement Archives

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New PDP Publications

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

Other Reports/ Publications

• 8 Sep: Irresistible: developing new solutions for antimicrobial resistant STIs. Impact for Global Health

• 8 Sep: . Impact for Global Health

• 22 Aug: Pipeline Report » 2025 PrEP and Microbicides. AVAC

• 22 Aug: Pipeline Report » 2025 Research Toward a Cure and Immune-Based Therapies. AVAC

Related Press Releases/ Announcements/Articles

• 1 Sep: EMA and WHO mark ten years of collaboration to advance global access to medicines. EMA

• 1 Sep: Mitigating antimicrobial resistance by innovative solutions in AI (MARISA): a modified James Lind Alliance analysis. Nature

• 1 Sep: Pan American Health Organization Targeted in New Round of US Funding Cut. Health Policy Watch

• 1 Sep: Nigeria Scales Up Mpox Prevention with Targeted Vaccination in High-Burden States. WHO

• 1 Sep: To stop disease X, we must invest in African health. The Telegraph

• 1 Sep: Due south: navigating volatile health research landscapes. The Lancet HIV

• 1 Sep: HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa. The Conversation

• 1 Sep: Climate change could reprogram malaria mosquitoes. Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

• 1 Sep: ​​​​Oxford launches major new AI vaccine research programme with the Ellison Institute of Technology. University of Oxford

• 1 Sep: Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. Oxford Academic

• 2 Sep: The Real-World Impact of Defunding STI Research. The Body Pro

• 2 Sep: A widening divide: Global health research risks drifting away from real-world disease needs, study warns. MedicalXpress

• 2 Sep: New Proposal to Empower Developing Country Manufacturers During Pandemics. Health Policy Watch

• 2 Sep: USAID's 'final mission' has just ended. Now what?. Devex

• 2 Sep: Opinion: Protecting the future of vaccine development amidst US funding withdrawal for mRNA vaccine research. The Lancet Microbe

• 2 Sep: The UK as a Global Partner of Choice for R&D – will it catch on?. HEPI

• 2 Sep: The utility of infectious disease modelling in informing decisions for outbreak response: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health

• 2 Sep: A combined designed CSP and Pfs48/45 infection and transmission blocking vaccine for malaria. Nature

• 2 Sep: Philanthropic initiative launches long-term fund to replace USAID stopgap. Devex

• 2 Sep: Impact upfront: novel format for Novo Nordisk Foundation funding. Health Research and Policy

• 2 Sep: Monitoring Drug Resistant Strains of Malaria Utilizing Genomic Sequencing. Contagion Live

• 3 Sep: Strengthening Genomic Surveillance in West Africa. LSTMH

• 3 Sep: Breaking News: Historical Drop of DR-TB Treatment Cost Below $300 After Third Major Cut in 2025 by Stop TB’s Global Drug Facility. Stop TB Partnership

• 3 Sep: How are biotechs tackling malaria? . Labiotech

• 3 Sep: This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: Its goal is to stop dengue. Nature

• 3 Sep: One Year On: Malaria Vaccine Brings Relief and Renewed Hope to Families. Unicef

• 3 Sep: Global policy responses to antimicrobial resistance, 2021–22: a systematic governance analysis of 161 countries and territories. The Lancet

• 3 Sep: Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust. Think Global Health

• 3 Sep: Monod Bio Wins $1.5M Gates Foundation Grant for Urine-Based Tuberculosis Dx. 360Dx

• 4 Sep: Trump administration confirms plan for PEPFAR to distribute Gilead’s new HIV prevention drug. STAT

• 4 Sep: Virus Intelligence & Strategic Threat Assessment: New global collaboration uses experts and AI to spot the next pandemic. CEPI

• 4 Sep: Developing Countries Outline Contours of the Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing System for Global Health. Geneva Health Files

• 4 Sep: New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa CDC

• 4 Sep: Mpox exposes fundamental obstacles for vaccinating children in outbreaks. BMJ

• 4 Sep: At least 15 dead in Ebola outbreak in DRC. The Telegraph

• 4 Sep: Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province. WHO

• 4 Sep: The World Needs a Medical-Research Overhaul. Project Syndicate

• 4 Sep: Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug. NPR

• 4 Sep: Dividends from death: Rapid autopsies on people infected with HIV may help researchers find a cure. Science

• 4 Sep: A 3-month clofazimine–rifapentine-containing regimen for drug-susceptible tuberculosis versus standard of care (Clo-Fast): a randomised, open-label, phase 2c clinical trial. The Lancet

• 4 Sep: Shaping opportunities for future clinical trials in tuberculosis. The Lancet

• 5 Sep: WHO Ends International Emergency Declaration for Mpox – But African Continental Alert Remains. Health Policy Watch

• 5 Sep: Mass azithromycin distributions: balancing childhood mortality and antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet

• 5 Sep: Mass azithromycin distributions: balancing childhood mortality and antimicrobial resistance – Authors' reply. The Lancet

• 5 Sep: A Brief History of Antibiotic Resistance. Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• 5 Sep: A Lean World Health Organization for the Global Good: Four Responses to Our Proposal. CGD

• 5 Sep: Vaccination strategies to achieve outbreak control for MPXV Clade I with a one-time mass campaign in sub-Saharan Africa: A scenario-based modelling study. PLOS Med

• 7 Aug: The role of gender in antimicrobial resistance: Findings from a scoping review. Global Public Health

• 7 Aug: Wealth over welfare: Mpox vaccination delayed in Disputed Region of Congo as high-income countries stockpile vaccines. BMJ Global Health

• 7 Aug: Princeton researchers develop CRISPR-based tuberculosis test using sputum. 360Dx

• 7 Aug: Mixed mpox picture in Africa shows successes, but challenges in newly affected countries. CIDRAP

• 7 Aug: New research pipeline fuels the development of universal vaccines. News Medical

• 7 Aug: FDA tightens label of Valneva's chikungunya vaccine, lifts pause in older adult. Fierce Pharma

• 7 Aug: Tedros says 400 WHO jobs phased out – half in Geneva. Geneva Solutions

• 8 Sep: New study reveals hidden risks of 'silent' malaria infections. MedicalXpress

• 8 Sep: The resurgence of malaria in Africa is an avoidable crisis—here’s what we must do. BMJ

• 8 Sep: Uganda’s malaria vaccination programme is picking up pace. Gavi

• 8 Sep: West African leaders commit to advance Lassa fever vaccine for the region. CEPI

• 8 Sep: WHO shares more DR Congo Ebola outbreak details as more suspected cases reported. CIDRAP

• 9 Sep: Strengthening primary health care-oriented health systems to address antimicrobial resistance. WHO

• 9 Sep: Progress toward a broad-spectrum antiviral. NIH Research Matters

• 9 Sep: The WHO pandemic agreement: why countries will not use compulsory licensing – and how to fix it. BMJ Global Health

• 9 Sep: Advancing the Lusaka Agenda: the Global Financing Facility’s missed opportunities for catalysing sustainable health investment. Global Health Action

• 9 Sep: A new HIV prevention jab could end AIDS – unless secrecy and greed get in the way. Spotlight

• 10 Sep: Corporate philanthropy surges, led by pharma giants. Devex

• 10 Sep: Global Fund boss warns aid cuts jeopardise progress against malaria. Geneva Solutions

• 10 Sep: Global health fund battles Trump’s aid cuts by giving more to poorest nations. The Independent

• 10 Sep: Global Fund Reports 70 Million Lives Saved – But Warns Progress Is At Risk. The Global Fund

• 10 Sep: Melinda French Gates launches $100 million push for women's health research. Reuters

• 10 Sep: The Gates Foundation’s last 20 years: Planning for sustainability matters. Devex

• 10 Sep: Avoiding Trillion-Dollar Delays in Pandemics. CGD

• 10 Sep: Time to ‘stop tolerating women’s pain and suffering’: Melinda Gates-backed research initiative raises $100M. Fierce Biotech

• 10 Sep: A deadly equation: The global toll of US TB funding cuts. PLOS Global Health

• 10 Sep: Congo's Ebola-hit towns under confinement as cases tick up. Reuters

• 10 Sep: Microbial piracy offers clues to fighting antimicrobial resistance. News Medical

• 10 Sep: US government signs $56 million deal for smallpox/mpox vaccine. CIDRAP

• 10 Sep: Novel method accurately identifies therapeutic antibodies to treat infectious diseases. NewsMedical

• 10 Sep: A New Malaria Drug Can Treat Infants—If Health Systems Support It. Think Global Health

• 10 Sep: WHO Members meet to finalise the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Instrument. Medicines Law & Policy

• 11 Sep: New Mpox vaccine study to launch in outbreak-affected DRC. CEPI

• 11 Sep: Functions of the global health system in a new era. Nature

• 11 Sep: Suspected cases in DR Congo Ebola outbreak rise to 68. CIDRAP

• 11 Sep: Can health systems keep pace with HIV prevention’s breakthrough?. Devex

• 11 Sep: $10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials. The New York Times

• 11 Sep: Low-research settings: is there a need for specific attention from funders?. BMJ Global Health

• 11 Sep: Cuts threaten UK leadership on global health research, MPs told. Science Business

• 11 Sep: Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB. CIDRAP

• 11 Sep: TB is the No. 1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount. NPR

• 12 Sep: Global Fund: Declines in Malaria, HIV and TB Deaths Threatened by Donor Aid Cutbacks, Climate and Conflict. Health Policy Watch

• 12 Sep: Cutting aid funding now could bring a dangerous resurgence in malaria. The Independent

• 12 Aug: US has slashed global vaccine funding. If philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs. Medical Xpress

• 12 Aug: Community readiness and acceptance for the implementation of the malaria vaccine among caretakers of at-risk children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Malaria Journal

• 12 Aug: South Sudan launches second phase of R21 malaria vaccine introduction in 52 counties to protect children. WHO

• 13 Aug: WHO updates guidance on tuberculosis diagnosis. 360Dx

• 13 Aug: Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization. Gavi

• 13 Aug: WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products. WHO

• 13 Sep: California’s $23 billion plan to restore federal cuts to scientific research. The New York Times

• 13 Sep: Roche Pharma partners with 10 govt hospitals to bolster clinical trial capabilities in India. The Hindu

• 13 Sep: Huge Milestone: All You Need to Know About Adfalcivax - India's First Indigenous Multi-stage Malaria Vaccine. Republic World

• 13 Aug: How HIV funding cuts are undermining years of progress in Zimbabwe. Doctors Without Borders

• 13 Aug: "Meningitis was a death sentence": Cameroon's health workers look back on the pre-vaccine era. Gavi

• 13 Aug: Globalizing Vaccines: A Post-COVID Perspective on Industrial Policy, International Health Cooperation, and the Characteristics of Vaccine Production. CGD

• 14 Aug: Accelerating the approval of mpox vaccines based on lessons learnt from COVID-19 vaccines through the lens of regulatory science. BMJ Global Health

• 14 Sep: India’s first Malaria vaccine AdFalciVax could be a game changer. The Times of India

• 14 Aug: IVI and GAVI: The Future of Vaccination in Developing Countries. The Borgen Project

• 14 Aug: Researchers find signs of regional spread of drug-resistant malaria in Africa. CIDRAP

• 14 Aug: Devex CheckUp: Experts weigh in on the future of global health. Devex

• 14 Aug: Hot springs’ hardy microbes offer new source of antibiotics. Science

• 14 Aug: Current global practice and implications for future research on disseminating health research results to study participants: A systematic review. PLOS Medicine

• 14 Aug: Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa. WHO

• 14 Aug: AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs. BBC

• 14 Aug: GHF Plus: How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025. Geneva Health Files

• 14 Aug: Trump administration leaves biotech investors more wary than ever of funding mRNA vaccines. STAT

• 14 Aug: Africa’s Mpox Response: Better Diagnostics One Year into Emergency. Health Policy Watch

• 15 Aug: Malaria vaccine cuts costs, crowds and caregiver fatigue in Nigeria’s Kebbi State. Gavi

• 15 Sep: When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness. The New York Times

• 15 Sep: Rwanda confronts a surprising surge in malaria. News Medical

• 15 Sep: Erythrocyte invasion in malaria: from molecular mechanisms to rational vaccines. Nature

• 15 Aug: NIH director orders new review of grants in outline of top research priorities. Science

• 15 Aug: Opinion: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility. Nature

• 15 Aug: Scientists have discovered a potential new treatment for tuberculosis – even drug-resistant strains. Drug Discovery & Development

• 15 Aug: Global Health Watch: NIH swings to implementation science, Court upholds foreign aid freeze, federal grants politicized & violence at US CDC. AVAC

• 15 Aug: Seek Labs aims to disrupt molecular POCT market with portable testing device, TB assay. 360Dx

• 15 Aug: US Non-profits Vow to Fight on After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge Trump Aid Freeze. Health Policy Watch

• 16 Sep: A safe start for PfSPZ Vaccine, but efficacy in children remains elusive. The Lancet Infectious Diseases

• 16 Sep: The Blow to Transparency: How Big Pharma Turned Principles of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Against Itself. Geneva Health Files

• 16 Sep: Rwanda reconsiders malaria vaccines amid surprise surge. MedicalXpress

• 16 Sep: Safety, tolerability, and protective efficacy of a radiation-attenuated, whole sporozoite malaria vaccine in children in Gabon: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases

• 17 Sep: Country preparedness for the introduction and appropriate use of antibiotics: operational guidance. WHO

• 18 Aug: Climate-driven malaria mortality among children in malaria-endemic areas of Uganda. BMC Public Health

• 18 Aug:'The only good mosquito is a dead one' — on the frontline of the fight against malaria. The Express

• 18 Aug: Buzzkill: The worrying rise in mosquito-borne diseases and how scientists are tackling them. GHTC

• 18 Aug: TICAD spotlight: Japan’s pharma commitment to global health. Devex

• 18 Aug: 2025 Chikungunya outbreak: A global health challenge. News Medical

• 18 Aug: Africa CDC welcomes first malaria treatment for babies as "major advance". Africa News

• 18 Aug: Sequencing of circulating antibodies from a malaria-exposed child provides new insight into immunity. MedicalXpress

• 18 Aug: What it takes to launch a world-first vaccination trial during an outbreak. Gavi

• 18 Aug: A call to strengthen clinical trials capacity in resource-limited settings. BMJ Global Health

• 19 Aug: The High Cost of Pausing Life-Saving Aid. CGD

• 19 Aug: WHO pandemic agreement. WHO

• 19 Aug: Is there really a need for another global body for pandemic preparedness?. The Lancet Microbe

• 19 Aug: Researchers find plasma donors with broad malaria protection. News Medical

• 19 Aug: China Ties Manufacturers’ Access to Pathogen Information to Host Country’s Commitment to Pandemic Agreement. Health Policy Watch

• 19 Aug: How a new global vaccine stockpile will help to counter the ongoing mpox threat. Gavi

• 19 Aug: A Debilitating Virus Surges Globally as Mosquitoes Move With Warming Climate. The New York Times

• 19 Aug: Stage Set for the Techno-Political Negotiations on the WHO Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing (PABS) System, Countries Contest the Role of Experts. Geneva Health Files

• 19 Aug: Effectiveness of the TAK-003 dengue vaccine in adolescents during the 2024 outbreak in São Paulo, Brazil: a test-negative, case–control study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases

• 19 Aug: Efficacies of artemether–lumefantrine, artesunate–amodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine, and artesunate–pyronaridine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children aged 6 months to 10 years in Uganda: a randomised, open-label, phase 4 clinical trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases

• 19 Aug: Diversifying antimalarial treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda. The Lancet Infectious Diseases

• 20 Aug: A diagnostic gap is fueling Africa’s antimicrobial resistance. Devex

• 20 Aug: Strengthening health research capacity for postgraduate trainees: An indigenous realist evaluation of the ‘African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence’ programme. Health Policy & Planning

• 20 Aug: Japan to donate $550 million to Gavi vaccine alliance over five years. The Japan Times

• 20 Aug: Trump’s global health cuts upend CDC’s malaria work. Politico

• 20 Aug: World Mosquito Day 2025: Europe sets new records for mosquito-borne diseases - ECDC supporting Member States in adapting to ‘new normal’. ECDC

• 20 Aug: Outbreaks of debilitating tropical diseases becoming Europe’s ‘new normal’. The Telegraph

• 20 Aug: New malaria drug for babies offers hope to health workers in Uganda. MedicalXpress

• 20 Aug: In the aftermath of the adoption of the landmark Pandemic Accord: what are the strategic options for its effective implementation in Africa?. Globalisation & Health

• 21 Aug: Landmark African-led research to map the extent of Rift Valley fever impact. CEPI

• 21 Aug: Gates calls on Seoul to raise aid, rethink strategy for greater impact. Korea Herald

• 21 Aug: Dengue-spreading mosquito racing north through Europe as climate warms. Gavi

• 21 Aug: SK Bioscience, Gates Foundation discuss ways to advance global health. The Korea Herald

• 21 Aug: Rewiring science diplomacy. Science

• 21 Aug: Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated. The New York Times

• 21 Aug: Mpox deaths, Kenya surge among top concerns in Africa's outbreaks. CIDRAP

• 21 Aug: Senegal’s NTD victory shows progress — but experts warn gains are fragile. Nature Africa

• 21 Aug: Global Advocates Welcome the Launch of Merck’s EXPrESSIVE Program. AVAC

• 21 Aug: CARB-X funds development of vaccine against E coli infections. CIDRAP

• 21 Aug: The prevalence and risk of mortality associated with antimicrobial resistance within nosocomial settings—a global systematic review and meta-analysis of over 20,000 patients. The Lancet

• 22 Aug: US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants. Nature

• 22 Aug: Reductions in development assistance for health funding threaten decades of progress in Africa. PLOS Medicine

• 22 Aug: Supreme Court greenlights $783M in NIH grant cuts tied to Trump's DEI crackdown. Fierce Biotech

• 22 Aug: The long last mile of access to essential medicines: A qualitative study on access barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Kenya and Ireland. Global Public Health

• 23 Aug: Scientists Strip ‘Diversity’ Language From Research to Keep Federal Grants. Wall Street Journal

• 23 Aug: Kenya-Japan partnership paves way for local vaccine manufacturing by 2027. The Standard

• 23 Aug: How to (or how not to)…Enhance equity in the conduct of Global Health Research: Dimensions and directions for organizations. Health Policy & Planning

• 24 Aug: Burkina Faso says no to Bill Gates’ plan of creating modified species of mosquitoes. Business Insider

• 25 Aug: Botswana declares public health emergency as clinics run out of medicine. Reuters

• 25 Aug: The Lost Promise of Lenacapavir. Foreign Policy

• 25 Aug: Designing Trigger Mechanisms for Epidemic and Pandemic Financing and Response. CGD

• 25 Aug: Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising new. NPR

• 25 Aug: Should global health initiatives have sunset strategies?. Devex

• 25 Aug: WHO To Shed 600 Jobs At HQ; Early Projections Show Berlin Wins From Proposed Relocation of Key Technical Functions. Geneva Health Files

• 26 Aug: Health leaders, partners pledge to catalyse Africa’s production of medicines and vaccines. WHO

• 26 Aug: WHO’s Low- and Mid-Rank Staff at Risk in face of Pressures to Preserve Costly Jobs at Top. Health Policy Watch

• 26 Aug: Gavi welcomes renewed commitments health equity and security made at TICAD9. Gavi

• 26 Aug: Volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents for preventing mosquito bites: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Science Direct

• 26 Aug: Understanding the traits underlying vaccine-driven virulence evolution in malaria parasites. BioMed Central

• 26 Aug: Kiss goodbye to deadly disease—antibodies neutralize Chagas parasite, offering hope for vaccine. MedicalXpress

• 26 Aug: How a Malaria-Fighting Breakthrough Provides Lasting Protection. UCSF

• 26 Aug: Gates Foundation Quietly Cuts Ties With Firm Linked to Democrats. The New York Times

• 26 Aug: The challenges of PrEP. The Lancet

• 27 Aug: New blood test tracks malaria antibodies at work. Doherty Institute

• 27 Aug: Kenya to launch mpox vaccination drive as cases rise. The Telegraph

• 27 Aug: Adoption of pandemic treaty is historic: Compliance and accountability must now follow. PLOS

• 27 Aug: The most burdensome diseases globally are the least studied, but the gap is narrowing. STAT

• 27 Aug: Breakthrough mosquito repellent protects against malaria for a whole year. Open Access Government

• 27 Aug: Why the wait for effective newborn malaria treatment?. SciDevNet

• 27 Aug: Microbes with memory: why some infections fight back. Gavi

• 27 Aug: Global distribution of research efforts, disease burden, and impact of US public funding withdrawal. Nature

• 27 Aug: Putting the Pandemic Agreement Into Practice: A Case for ASEAN. Think Global Health

• 27 Aug: Advancing the course of HIV genomics research in Africa. BMJ Global Health

• 27 Aug: African health ministers call for urgent action as progress against malaria stalls. WHO AFRO

• 27 Aug: African health ministers commit to strengthen emergency preparedness and response. WHO AFRO

• 27 Aug: SA plans anti-HIV jab roll-out at 300+ clinics by April. By 2027 the government will be buying generics. Bhekisisa

• 27 Aug: Controlled human infection studies: insights into recent advances and key immunological and ethical implementation lessons. Frontiers

• 28 Aug: Chaos in CDC as Kennedy Tries to Remove Director After Vaccine Row. Health Policy Watch

• 28 Aug: A Geneva-based global health foundation came close to ‘collapse’. Where were regulators? . Swiss Info

• 28 Aug: PQ Pulse: AMA’s role in shaping regulatory harmonization in Africa. GHTC

• 28 Aug: Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid. The Guardian

• 28 Aug: In Malawi, the fight to get HIV services back on track post-USAID cuts. Devex

• 28 Aug: Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress. Science

• 29 Aug: Genetic polymorphism of circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in children in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Malaria Journal

• 29 Aug: Impact case studies 2025. MedAccess

• 29 Aug: Mpox Cases Rise in Ghana, Philippines and China – But Decline Overall. Health Policy Watch

• 29 Aug: Good governance essential to expanding vaccine capacity and strengthening public trust. The Lancet

• 29 Aug: White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power. Politico

• 30 Aug: Chikungunya's global resurgence. The Lancet

• 30 Aug: Chikungunya virus disease returns to Europe: a turning point for the global arboviral landscape. The Lancet

• 30 Aug: The Rise of Drug Innovation in China — Implications for Patient Access in the United States and Globally. NEJM

• 30 Aug: Cultivating an equity-oriented data sharing culture for African health research initiatives. Nature

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