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Global Health EDCTP3
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The African-European research partnership on #infectiousdiseases
Supported by @horizoneu.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

We fund clinical research, train scientists, and strengthen health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

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🆕€𝟏𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 available to advance global health research and innovation

6 call topics include:
🔹 TB drugs
🔹 LRTIs
🔹 HIV co-infections
🔹 Climate
🔹 Ethics/regulatory training
🔹 Digital innovation & AI

📅 Opens: mid-January

🔗 More: link.europa.eu/YRCJM8
🚨Registration for the Info Day 2026 is now open!

Learn about the Work Programme 2026, join the live Q&A and network with partners through the networking platform.

🗓️ 5 February
🕘 09:00-13:00 CET
💻 Online

👉 Register now: link.europa.eu/WJxgxC
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Excited to announce launch of IVM-KIDS consortium.

Funded by @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social & Open Philanthropy & Swiss Government.

Aim to deliver data & paediatric friendly formulation to extend use of ivermectin for NTDs to include youngest children who are currently excluded from programmes.
IVMKIDS – Parasite control for those who need it most
Making ivermectin safe and accessible for all ages An opportunity to extend treatment for multiple Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) worldwide Providing clinical evidence to support the use of ive...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🆕€𝟏𝟒𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 available to advance global health research and innovation

6 call topics include:
🔹 TB drugs
🔹 LRTIs
🔹 HIV co-infections
🔹 Climate
🔹 Ethics/regulatory training
🔹 Digital innovation & AI

📅 Opens: mid-January

🔗 More: link.europa.eu/YRCJM8
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
⚠️ How fast is #malaria becoming invisible to the most widespread tests?

This study brings clarity to this.

👉 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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📢 Join us next Tuesday for a webinar exploring how IMI and @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social projects are advancing the development of a much-needed new #tuberculosis treatment
👉 link.europa.eu/WbjvxK
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU #StopTB
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Advancing #HIV solutions from labs to lives

Across Africa, EDCTP-powered research is improving child-friendly treatments, safer care for HIV-related infections, and support for researchers and postpartum women.

🔗 Read more: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/labs-lives-e...

#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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In a new interview, Dr Gian van der Spuy and Dr Sam Oyola share how the #GenPathAfrica project is leveraging bioinformatics and digital tools to transform genomic surveillance across Sub-Saharan Africa.

🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/9GwuqDfXiZE

@globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social
GenPath Africa | Introducing Work Package 4
YouTube video by LINQ management
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December 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The greatest insight in a trial is not in the data, it is in the people!

In Tanzania, the META Trial team met a 61-year-old living with HIV and pre-diabetes. She joined the trial to prevent diabetes for herself and her community🫶🏾

👉 Read the story: www.inteafrica.org/meta/listeni...
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🦠What if wastewater could stop disease outbreaks before they start?

Join the #ODIN Webinar to learn how wastewater surveillance is boosting epidemic preparedness across Africa.

📅 4 December 2025
⏰ 13:00-14:45 UTC

🔗 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you have ever compared two costing studies and wondered why the numbers don’t match… You are not alone.

📃A new open-access paper explains how costs are defined & measured in global health and why consistency matters for better decisions.

👉Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Together with our sister Joint Undertakings, we are powering Europe’s #competitiveness and #growth thanks to our unique partnership model.

🎂 This week, we celebrate the establishment of the current generation of partnerships four years ago.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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@globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social builds and fosters Africa–Europe research partnerships transforming innovative science into global health impact, including the consortium behind Coartem Baby, the first #malaria treatment for infants 2 to <5 kg.

Read more: bit.ly/4ii8b7w
EDCTP: Two decades of Africa-Europe partnership delivering excellent science and life-saving innovations
Despite remarkable progress in global health, the world faces new threats, from re-emerging infections and pandemics to antimicrobial resistance and climate-related health impacts. Amid growing geopol...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We have some exciting news on the horizon, and our newsletter subscribers will hear it first.

Coming soon:
💸 2026 funding calls
🎟️ #InfoDay 2026 launch
🌍 Our upgraded networking platform

Be on the list. Be in the loop. Be ahead. 😉

👉 Subscribe now: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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EDCTP’s twentyyear journey reveals how long term cooperation between Africa and Europe can strengthen science, capacity and impact where it matters most.

More: buff.ly/8ATHsb2
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
For more than two decades, EDCTP has shown what long-term, equitable Africa–Europe collaboration can achieve 🌍

We are proud to highlight three breakthroughs made possible through this partnership: Coartem Baby, Ivermectin and Fexinidazole.

🔗 More: link.europa.eu/JKCjn7
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How do we fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR)?

📊 By collecting high-quality data, our #PROTECTnetwork project is laying the groundwork for future vaccines, to reduce infections and limit the need for antibiotics, a key step in slowing #AMR.

👉More: www.protect-network.org/blog/surveil...
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🦠Antimicrobial resistance affects everyone.

We are sharing @who.int infographics this week on using antibiotics wisely.

If they are helpful, please like & repost so more people see them.

👉Let’s spread awareness, not resistance.

#GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge #WAAW
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Interested in #tuberculosis research?

📆Join on 9 December the #webinar unveiling a new TB drug with fewer side effects and strong efficacy against multi-drug resistant TB.

The result of collaboration across 3 IHI and EDCTP-funded projects.

👉Register: www.ihi.europa.eu/news-events/...
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Can Europe lead the way in funding #globalhealth? 🌍

At the #POLITICOHealthSummit, Dr Michael Makanga stressed that the goal is not to replace the US, but to lead and unite partners.

He stated that this crisis presents 'a golden opportunity for the European Union.'
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Drug-resistant malaria is rising in East and Southern Africa🦠

At #ASTMH2025, the Global Health EDCTP3–funded MARC SE-Africa project shared breakthrough data and models to drive faster, smarter malaria policy.

🔗 Read more: www.marcse-africa.org/news/blog/ad...
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🚨PhD Opportunity!

The Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) is recruiting a fully funded PhD in the Social Science of Vector-Borne Diseases within IMPACTING, a Global Health EDCTP3 project.

📍 Yaoundé, Cameroon
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

🔗 Apply: crid-cam.com/call-for-app...
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Three of our projects tackling #AMR:

🔬 UTI-Diag: New tools in Cameroon & Senegal could cut UTI misdiagnosis from 33% → 5%.
👶 SNIP-AFRICA: Adaptive trials to improve newborn infection treatment.
💧 ODIN: Wastewater genomics to track AMR & outbreaks early.

#WAAW, #AMR
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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✨#WorldAMRWeek highlight✨
🦟#MARCSEAfrica assembles and analyses regional data on resistance to support fast, evidence-based policy to address the rising #AntimalarialResistance.
Explore recent updates presented at #TropMed25:
www.marcse-africa.org/news/blog/ad...
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MARC SE-AFRICA advancing data-led responses to drug-resistant malaria at ASTMH — MARC SE-Africa
On 11 November 2025, MARC SE-Africa and the Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network co-hosted a symposium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s annual meeting and presented some...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
When medicines stop working, lives are at risk. #AMR demands action.

For World AMR Week, we echo this year’s call: Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.

Our portfolio:
🔹 32 projects
🔹 €165.4M
🔹 184 institutions
🔹 47 countries

#WAAW

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November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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The #SkincAIrGlossary - Understanding the language behind the project.

4️⃣Global health:
→ Focuses on improving health and achieving health equity worldwide.
→ Addresses transnational health issues, exploring their causes and potential solutions.

@globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social #GlobalHealth
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM