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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 6d

Watch a live podcast on Global Health at the World Health Summit on 12 October 2025 at 12:45 CEST

Leading voices in global health will explore how taking responsibility can contribute to building stronger and fairer health systems worldwide.

Watch here: tdr.who.int/global-healt...

#WHS2025

Global Health Matters podcast

Hosted by Dr Garry Aslanyan with a variety of guests, the podcast discusses key questions, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research, promoting gender equality and women in global health...

tdr.who.int

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 9d

Professor Trudie Lang gave a keynote at #ECTMIH on how addressing the dual challenges of pandemics and diseases of poverty demands bold action.

Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)

#globalhealth #pandemics

Professor Trudie Lang giving a keynote speech at ECTMIH, Hamburg, Germany on 29 September 2025.

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MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL @mrcctu.bsky.social · 9d

💻 Come along to our next Capacity Strengthening Hub webinar with @tghn-news.bsky.social on “How to be a good trial statistician”.

🗓️ 13 October 2025
🕙 10:00-11:30 BST
📍 Online (Zoom)

Register now: lnkd.in/e4RYCqNU

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 15d

Join the Online Grant Writing Workshop for Early and Mid Career Researchers

Date and time: 21 October 2025 at 10:00 - 14:00 UTC+1

Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#funding #research #globalhealth

Online Grant Writing Workshop for Early and Mid Career Researchers
21 October 2025 10:00 - 14:00 UTC+1
REGISTER
This workshop is organised by The Global Health Network for the Pathogen Variants Network, a global collaboration of six research teams funded by Wellcome to work on SARS-CoV-2. It is open to all for wider benefit and impact.
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wellcome
THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK
Enabling research by sharing knowledge

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 20d

Upcoming webinar: How to be a good trial statistician

Monday 13 October 2025 at 10:00-11:30 UTC+1

Register now:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#clinicaltrials #globalhealth

How to be a good trial statistician
Webinar
Monday 13 October 10:00 - 11:30 BST

Register now
https://bit.ly/46hspc1
or scan the QR code:
bitly
Three Panel members working in Africa and the UK will be sharing their experiences of being trial statisticians, their challenges and top tips and having a discussion for the audience to join in.

Speakers: Michelle Clements (Chair, UK), Andrew Abaasa (Uganda), Philip Ayieko (Tanzania) and Vicky Simms (UK)

This MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL Capacity Strengthening Hub's webinar series aims to inform and promote discussion about different roles within clinical trials.

International Statistics & Epidemiology Partnership
MRC Clinical Trials Unit -UCL
-THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK

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Global Health EDCTP3 @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social · 23d

🔬 Working on #clinical trials on (re-)emerging #epidemic diseases in LMICs?

#GloPID-R launched the call: 'Outbreak ready: Accelerating clinical trial site readiness in LMICs'

💶 €100,000 to €500,000 grants

📅 Until 14 Nov

🔗Apply: www.glopid-r.org/outbreak-rea...

#GloPIDRinAction

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 28d

Are you looking to turn your research findings into real-world action? Join TDR for a webinar on:
Communicating research findings for evidence-informed decision-making in public health.

Date and time: 25 September 2025 at 14:00 PM UTC+1

Register: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Communicating research
findings for evidence-informed decision-making in public health
Date: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Time: 3-4pm (CET)
Location: Zoom webinar
Speakers:
Christine Kirima
The Global Health Network
Africa, Kenya
Natalia Pasternak
Instituto Questão de Ciência, Brazil
Adanna Nwameme
University of Ghana School of Public Health, Ghana
Anna Thorson
TDR,
Switzerland
Robert Terry
TDR,
Switzerland
TDR
For research on diseases of poverty
UNICEF• UNDP • World Bank • WHO
Register here:

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · 29d

How can clinical trial results be shared ethically with participants?

Experts share lessons and strategies in this webinar with speakers from Mongolia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the UK organised with
@mrcctu.bsky.social

Watch replay here: mrcctu.tghn.org/webinars/

#ClinicalTrials

Communicating Results to Trial Participants with headshots of speakers: Alasdair Bamford Annabelle South Bazra Tsogt Neetha Morar Mutsa Bwakura

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Aug 8

It’s World Breastfeeding Week.

LactaHub offers open access resources to support research, training and policy on human milk and lactation.

Explore tools, guidance and knowledge for better health outcomes:
lactahub.org

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek #Breastfeeding

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Global Health Network Nigeria, in partnership with Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi Abuja, is proud to host an in-person Research Capacity Strengthening Workshop for Healthcare Workers on 8 August 2025.

Learn more: africa.tghn.org/articles/res...

#clinicalresearch #globalhealth #training

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jul 29

Call for Participation: Arbovirus Clinical Management Survey

Share insights on clinical practices with the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) South America Hub at Fiocruz.

👉https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/dengue-site-assessment

Arbovirus Clinical Management Survey

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jul 18

Webinar: Enhancing Health Systems Research Through Community and Stakeholder Engagement

🗓️ [29 July 2025 – 12:30 GMT | 13:30 BST | 14:30 SAST | 15:30 EAT]

Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#globalhealth #healthsystems #communityengagement

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jul 17

Upcoming webinar: Towards a Healthier and Equitable Future for Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Why is Health Inequity Deeply Rooted in the Region?

Date & time: 24 July 2025 at 9:30 – 11:00 am BST

Register Now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Global Health Network was at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference presenting key global health initiatives from advancing the design and use of responsible AI to contributing to the @who.int "Interim guidance on social and behavioural research for the mpox public health response.

Sam Driver with his poster at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK

Dr Jean Claude Udahemuka at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK

Dr Alun Davies presenting at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK

Dr. Bryain Maradiaga Mendoza presenting at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025, Oxford, UK.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 24

Upcoming workshop: AI for Health Systems Transformation: Policy, Partnerships, and Systems Readiness

Date & time: 2 July 2025 at 10:00 – 15:00

Location: Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 19

The EDCTP Knowledge Hub on The Global Health Network provides researchers with the tools and guidance to enable them to undertake high-quality health research and take their findings into policy and practice.
Learn more about the EDCTP Knowledge Hub: edctpknowledgehub.tghn.org

The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 19

A huge thank you to all the speakers and the EDCTP team for their collaboration! Pictured here is Leonard Numfor, from CANTAM (Central Africa Clinical Research Network) and The Global Health Network Cameroon.
#globalhealth #research

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Global Health Network was delighted to co-host a session this morning with EDCTP on ‘The EDCTP Knowledge Hub & the Research into Policy and Practice Toolkit’ at the #EDCTPForum. The discussion was insightful with exceptional engagement from the audience, especially on the final day of sessions.

Leonard Numfor speaks at the EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda during a workshop co-hosted by EDCTP and The Global Health Network.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 18

Want to learn more?
Visit the Mesh platform: mesh.tghn.org
Free CEI eLearning course: globalhealthtrainingcentre.tghn.org/introduction...

The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 18

At the #EDCTPForum in Kigali, Sheikha presented on the impact of Mesh’s open-access course: “An Introduction and Practical Guide to Community Engagement…” Over 3,500 certificates awarded in year one! She attended on a competitive bursary.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 18

Meet Sheikha S. Mohamed, Mesh Coordinator for Africa at The Global Health Network, based at Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania. She champions stronger research ecosystems by linking communities, researchers & stakeholders across LMICs.

Shekha Salum Mohamed with her poster at the Twelfth EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congratulations to Gloria Rukomeza for presenting her AWAKE-Africa poster at the #EDCTPForum - a key initiative to advance equity in global health. Hoping it inspires more brilliant women to join the Women in Global Health Research community: womeninglobalhealthresearch.tghn.org

Gloria Rukomeza at the EDCTP Forum with her poster presentation on AWAKE-Africa: African Women Advancing Knowledge and Equity in Global Health Research.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 17

Murhula Masirika’s talk on mpox research. Proud to support the team at DPS South Kivu, DRC, on studies building research capacity and linking with funders like MRC and Gates Foundation. Congrats to the team gathering vital evidence on this disease.

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The Global Health Network @tghn-news.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Global Health Network is at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali, Rwanda, with many colleagues and friends from this community to showcase the progress and impact of collaborative programmes and projects driving equity in where research happens, who leads and who benefits from the evidence.

Dr Leandre Murhula Masirika presenting on stage during the EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.

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