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World Malaria Day 2024: urgent calls for accelerated global action against malaria
Malaria poses a significant threat to public health, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable populations. EVI strengthens the fight
EVI
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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World Tuberculosis Day 2024– We can End TB!
World Tuberculosis Day serves as a poignant reminder to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB). Despite the efforts and promising...
EVI
Mar 24, 20243 min read
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TBVI announces the appointment of its new Executive Director
The TBVI Governance Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ole F. Olesen as their new Executive Director.
EVI
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Long-term persistence of anti-SE36 antibodies induced by BK-SE36/CpG vaccination
The blood-stage malaria vaccine BK-SE36/CpG was found to be safe and induced anti-SE36 antibodies in all cohorts.
EVI
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Women and girls in science: 'closing the gender gap, accelerating action'
Across the globe, women and girls are making remarkable contributions to scientific research, innovation, and discovery.
EVI
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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World NTD Day 2024: Unite. Act. Eliminate.
Untreated NTDs presently affect 1.7 billion individuals globally. The most severely impacted are the impoverished segments of society.
EVI
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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New PhD and PostDoc vacancies in cutting-edge research and AI
Passionate about making a significant impact in the fields of infectious diseases and AMR? Join DRAIGON.
EVI
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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DRAIGON: pioneering global initiative using AI to predict antimicrobial resistance from genomic data
The ambitious project mission is to develop a novel diagnostic tool to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the integration of...
EVI
Dec 18, 20233 min read
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EVI welcomes Professor Sam McConkey as new Chair of the Board
In a significant development, Professor Sam McConkey, the Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at RCSI...
EVI
Nov 24, 20232 min read
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2023: preventing antimicrobial resistance together
AMR poses a significant global threat, with nearly 5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. EVI contributes to the fight.
EVI
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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EVI engages in global health discussion at 11th EDCTP Forum
EVI actively participates in various EDCTP projects such as ShigaPlexIM, PREV_PKDL, MMVC, MIMVaC-Africa, and MVPE-CC, fellowships & more.
EVI
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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Igniting Innovation: 2023 EU-China Vaccine Collaboration Forum highlights global synergies
In the heart of Wuxi, China, the forum explored the forefront of vaccine R&D with discussions on revolutionary mRNA-based vaccines and more.
EVI
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Vaccine hesitancy among European healthcare workers, the new study by EVI and University of Rome
Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in Europe became a growing concern: doubts about effectiveness and safety, misbeliefs.
EVI
Nov 15, 20231 min read
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A business model for a sustainable vaccine R&D infrastructure
A new feasibility study that looked at a sustainable economic model for vaccine R&D infrastructure demonstrates that they could have a...
EVI
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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CAPTIVATE, a new innovative European partnership to tackle hurdles in malaria vaccine development
EU-funded CAPTIVATE project has the mission to create a next-generation malaria vaccine.
EVI
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Promising Findings on BK-SE36/CpG Malaria Vaccine's Safety and Immunogenicity in Africa
New clinical trial in Burkina Faso assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the BK-SE36/CpG malaria vaccine in healthy adults and children.
EVI
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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Fresh funds mobilised by the GHIT Fund to further support the PfRipr5 malaria vaccine candidate
October 2, 2023 In a significant stride toward combatting malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Global Health Innovative...
EVI
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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TRANSAVC2 concludes: key achievements and new horizons
July 2023 The TRANSAVC2 project concluded with its final meeting, which took place in a hybrid format on April 19-20, 2023, in Brussels....
EVI
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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EVI co-led vaccinology course in Uganda, together with UVRI-IAVI
26 June 2023 On 29-31 May 2023, European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) in collaboration with Uganda Virus Research Institute-International...
EVI
Jun 26, 20234 min read
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UltiMalVax, a new highly collaborative project to develop the next generation malaria vaccine
Over the next 4 years, the UltiMalVax consortium will work to develop the ultimate vaccine for malaria elimination. This would be a...
EVI
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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NOSEVAC, a new European collaboration to develop nasal vaccines
Over the next 5 years, the NOSEVAC consortium will work intensively to create nasal vaccines targeting S. pneumoniae and B. pertussis...
EVI
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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TRANSVAC2 and the vaccine R&D infrastructure in the European Union
07 June 2023 A Collaborative Vision: A new article highlighting the efforts to establish a robust vaccine research and development (R&D)...
EVI
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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Plasmodium falciparum infection can interfere with the immune response to BK-SE36 malaria vaccine
27 April 2023 Malaria remains a major health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where children under five face the greatest...
EVI
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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World Malaria Day 2023
On April 25th, we celebrate World Malaria Day and reflect on the progress that has been made in the fight against malaria. This year's theme
EVI
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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