❗Pre-COVID-19 T-cell responses may help explain why SARS-CoV-2 infections caused lower morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa compared to Europe, Asia, and North America Supported by the #EDCTP2-funded ImmunoCoV project. 🔗 Full article: doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Institutions in #Togo can now apply for Global Health EDCTP3 funding opportunities. 🌍 We are delighted to welcome Togo as the newest member of the EDCTP Association, bringing the number of participating African countries to 32. Check the eligible countries👇

'Mentorship is important for any scientist. Choosing to do science is choosing something is not easy to do.' 💬Prof. Umberto d'Alessandro At Global Health EDCTP3, we support your projects and turn your ideas into impact. 🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #GlobalHealthVoices

📢 Applications are open for the Career Development Fellowship for young #HIV physicians by @eacsociety.bsky.social Over 12 months, you will be mentored by a leading European expert to boost your research, clinical skills, and career growth. 🗓️ Apply by 31 March: www.eacsociety.org/education/me...

📣Marque na agenda: Global Health EDCTP3 Info Day em português A AICIB, em colaboração com a @EDCTP, organiza um Info Day sobre os Concursos do @EDCTP3 para 2026, realizado em língua portuguesa. 🗓️12 de fevereiro 🕙10:00 GMT 💻Online 👉Inscreva-se já: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/info-...

📂All Info Day 2026 materials are now available online. Access the presentations, Q&A documents, and key resources on our website: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/globa... Thanks for making the Global Health EDCTP3 Info Day a success. @cepi.net @ec.europa.eu #InfoDay26 #GlobalHealth26

🎉More than 1,200 participants joined our Info Day 2026. Thank you to everyone who participated! 300+ online networking meetings were held during the day. ▶️The recording and presentations are now available: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/globa... 👉 Share your experience: #GlobalHealth26

🔴We are live! Take part in the Global Health EDCTP3 Info Day 2026, today from 9:00 to 13:00 (CET). 👉Join us now: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... Access via Microsoft Teams and learn all about our 2026 Calls for proposals. Share your experience using #GlobalHealth26.

Global Health EDCTP3 and the EDCTP Association are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Sir Nicholas White, a towering figure in global health and malaria research. We send our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

🚨The Global Health EDCTP3 Info Day 2026 is tomorrow! What to expect: 🔹Expert presentations 🔹Live Q&A sessions 🔹Financial and legal guidance 📆 5 Feb 🕘 09:00-13:00 CET 🖥️ Online 🔗 Register: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/globa... @cepi.net @ec.europa.eu #InfoDay26 #GlobalHealth26

The #ENABLE kick-off meeting is underway in South Africa! @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social Penta will coordinate Ethics & Regulatory work for a trial testing 2 #bNAbs as intensification therapy alongside oral #ART in high-risk infants with #HIV 👶🏽 Excited to be part of this impactful project 🥰

Day 1 ✔️ #ENABLE project kicks-off today to prepare our clinical trial using #bNAbs to treat infants living with #HIV 👶🏽💙 Such a good start—strong ideas, great people, big goals 🚀 @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social #EDCTP3

New study shows an avian influenza H5N1 outbreak could hit the economy, with losses of 0.06% to 0.9% of GDP and the dairy sector alone losing 3.4% to 20.6%. Conducted within the framework of Global Health EDCTP3 🔗 Full study: doi.org/10.1038/s432... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

🔍 Research shows that low-dose yellow fever vaccination is not sufficient for infants Infants need the standard yellow fever vaccine dose to achieve an adequate immune response Funded by the #EDCTP NIFTY project. 🔗 More: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

❗The @sciencebusiness.net Annual Network Conference 2026 is taking place on 5 February, in Brussels Our Executive Director, Dr Michael Makanga, will be representing Global Health EDCTP3 to discuss Europe's future vision for research and innovation. 🔗Register: sciencebusiness.net/events/momen...

'Researchers just do research for the research's sake. That did not make sense and that is what pushed me into implementation research.' 🗣️Margaret Gyapong 💡Inspired by this approach? Global Health EDCTP3 calls for proposals are now open! 👉More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

In December 2025, the PREGMPOX Team was able to join researchers across the Globe for the State-of-the-Art Mpox Symposium meeting in Kinshasa, DRC. The projects disseminated their results to inform the mpox response @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @marina-saleeb.bsky.social

📢 Call for a postdoctoral position in virology 📍 Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria 🕘 5 years | Full-time 📅 Starting 1 April 2026 🔗 Apply: virologie.i-med.ac.at/postdoctoral... #CapacityStrengthening @geroldlab.bsky.social

⏰Last call to register for the Global Health EDCTP3 Info Day 2026! If you are planning to apply to the 2026 calls for proposals, take advantage of this opportunity and register. 🗓️ 5 February 2026 🕘 9:00-13:00 CET 🖥️ Online 🔗 Register: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/globa... #InfoDay26

'Over the last two decades, #EDCTP has invested in #NTD science and innovation, showing how long-term partnerships deliver tangible impact.' 💬Dr Michael Makanga, Executive Director of Global Health EDCP3 🔗More on our NTDs research: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #WorldNTDsDay

#SaveTheDate Delfino Vubil irá apresentar a estratégia de testagem e tratamento da diarreia causada por Cryptosporidium em crianças menores de 5 anos de idade, no âmbito da iniciativa #CryptoT&T financiada pela @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social

🚨 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, yet effective treatments and diagnostics are still often unavailable, unsuitable, or unsafe. #EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs #UniteActEliminate @dndi.org

👁️‍🗨️Community-based skin screening could improve #leprosy prevention Following #WorldLeprosyDay, results from EDCTP-funded PEP4LEP and PEP4LEP 2.0 projects show how this approach helps reduce transmission and enable earlier diagnosis. 🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

💉 #Malaria vaccine protection depends on how parasites enter the body: through the skin or directly into a vein. Supported by Global Health EDCTP3. 👉 Read the study: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

🗣️Global Health EDCTP3 Executive Director, Dr Michael Makanga, shares how #EDCTP has been advancing African-led clinical research for over two decades on an interview with @nathealth.nature.com. 🔗 Full interview: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🔬 Strengthening #leprosy control in sub-Saharan Africa Ahead of #WorldLeprosyDay, we highlight how three Global Health EDCTP3-funded projects are advancing research against leprosy. 🤝 We also welcome LRI as our new Contributing Partner. 🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

💰Are you planning to apply for Global Health EDCTP3 funding in 2026? Here are 10 key tips to help you prepare a strong project proposal. 🔗Check the article: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... 📅Join our Info Day on 5 February: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/events/globa...

36 project proposals have been selected to receive €215 million from Global Health EDCTP3 👉 Projects aim to advance health priorities across sub-Saharan Africa. Projects on the reserve list may be invited for funding in the coming weeks. 🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

🚨 Calls are open for €147 million in funding opportunities! Global Health EDCTP3 supports research projects on infectious diseases across #Africa and #Europe. 📅 Submit by 4 March or 31 August, depending on the call topic. 🔗 Read more: link.europa.eu/fWVV6K

🎥 How do we ensure #malaria vaccines are safe, effective, and ready for scale? Through the EDCTP-funded MVPE-CC project, malaria vaccines RTS,S and R21 are being rolled out across sub-Saharan Africa already saving thousands of lives. ▶️ Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9K...

🌍 EDCTP3 is making €147 million available for new research and innovation projects to tackle infectious diseases affecting sub-Saharan Africa. Strengthening Africa–Europe collaboration for global health impact. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/wrTMI2K #GlobalHealth #EDCTP3 #AfricaEU #ResearchFunding

💡 Join the European Commission webinar to learn about the basics of #LumpSumGrants Hear practical experiences from a panel discussion, and take part in a live Q&A. 📅 11 February 2026 ⏰ 10:00 - 12:00 CEST 📍 YouTube live stream 👉 More info: ec.europa.eu/info/funding...

Did you know that the first #HIV medicine for children was supported by #EDCTP? 💊The #CHAPAS project developed Triomune Baby/Junior, a fixed-dose combination medicine addressing major barriers for child HIV. 🔗More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-... #WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3

Come join us for a newly funded @horizoneu.bsky.social @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social project on CHIKV vaccine responses in vulnerable populations in Africa. We seek a highly motivated and skilled #postdoc and #projectmanager. Please find details here: virologie.i-med.ac.at/career/ #lovevirology

The Global Health EDCTP3-funded #MultiplexAI project has been named one of the '10 good news stories of 2025' by @elpais.com 🤝 Coordinated by @isglobal.org and powered by Spotlab’s AI technology. 🔗 Read more: multiplexai.org/news/multipl...

📢 New evidence to strengthen treatment for #neonatal sepsis in high #AMR settings A recent study shows that the antibiotics, fosfomycin and flomoxef, are safe and well tolerated in newborns with suspected sepsis. 👉 More: doi.org/10.1128/aac.... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

🎙️ Dr Jean Marie Vianney Habarugira, the @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social representative to GloPID-R and a member of the GloPID-R Board, shares his perspective on the value and benefits of being part of GloPID-R’s global network of research funders 🤝🏻 #GlobalHealth #ResearchFunding #Membership #GLOPIDR

📢 Calls are now open! €147 million to advance global health research and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa across six call topics. 📅 Submissions by 4 March or 31 August, depending on the call. 🔗 Read more: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #InfoDay26

A new child-friendly combination treatment is changing how we tackle parasitic worm infections. 💊 A single pill combining albendazole and ivermectin can now treat five types of parasitic worms. Funded by #EDCTP. 🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-...

ℹ️ Did you know that the first-ever #malaria #vaccines were supported by #EDCTP? RTS,S and R21/Matrix-M are the first-ever vaccines against #malaria and any parasitic disease. 🔗 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/results-and-... #WhatIsGlobalHealthEDCTP3

Tuberculosis (TB) household visits are a powerful opportunity to detect #HIV early. 🔹 Almost 3 out of 4 people accepted an HIV test during a visit 🔹 6% tested positive for HIV 🔗 Full study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

🚨Call for proposals on #malaria research @mmv.org is seeking compounds to advance malaria prevention, treatment and elimination. 📅 Deadline: 27 Feb 2026 🔗 Apply: www.mmv.org/partnering-o...

What does equitable #EU-Africa health research look like in practice? 👩‍🔬New study of 1,429 #EDCTP papers (2014-23) shows: 86% of publications included African authors 71% were African-led 40% of authors were women 🔗 More: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... #GlobalHealthEDCTP3Knowledge

🦟 Looking for resources on the current state of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa? The MARC SE-Africa project, funded by Global Health EDCTP3, has hosted a series of #webinars this year to tackle this critical issue. 👉 Catch up on the sessions through the QR codes.

🤝 Start scheduling meetings with potential partners for our 2026 funding Book meetings now on the Global Health EDCTP3 #InfoDay26 platform and save the afternoon of 5 Feb to explore collaborations and build strong consortia. 🔗 Register: www.b2match.com/e/info-day-a...

'Only networks and partnerships can bring success to science.' 💬 Prof. Marcel Tanner 👉 Join the #InfoDay26 on 5 Feb to connect with potential partners through our networking platform and prepare your application for funding. 🔗 www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #GlobalHealthVoices

Two decades of Africa-Europe partnership delivering life-saving innovations 💊 Today we highlight Coartem Baby, the first malaria treatment for infants weighing 2 to <5 kg, developed with @mmv.org and @novartis.bsky.social 👉 More: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

'Research has to happen in an ecosystem.' - Prof. Trudie Lang 🤝Join the Global Health EDCTP3 community. Start preparing your project proposal to our 2026 funding opportunities: global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve... #GlobalHealthVoices #InfoDay26 @tghn-news.bsky.social

✨ As the year draws to a close, we would like to thank our partners, researchers and stakeholders for your trust, collaboration and shared commitment to advancing global health. From all of us at Global Health EDCTP3, we wish you a peaceful festive season and a bright start to 2026.

🚀 From theory to practice The #ComBacAfrica project recently held an intensive metagenomics and bioinformatics training for all partners to prepare for the project’s upcoming clinical trial. Read more👉 tinyurl.com/ydbd7tze @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social