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We fund clinical research, train scientists, and strengthen health systems in sub-Saharan Africa, developing local solutions and boosting global health security.

Funded by the European Union and 40+ countries.

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🆕 What happens when €161 million powers innovation in global health?

It launches 29 new projects spanning areas such as HIV, malaria, neglected infectious diseases, and digital health, driving real-world solutions.

Discover more: www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

#NewProjects25
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

🔗 global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/fighting-ant...
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
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During #WorldAMRWeek, we celebrate LINQ-supported projects dedicated to fighting the rise in #AMR to protect global health.

Stay tuned to learn more about #ComBacAfrica, #GenPathAfrica, #MARCSEAfrica, #PROTECT, #Vax2Muc!

#WAAW #WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The #PROTECTnetwork aims to improve maternal and child health in Africa. #AntimicrobialResistance surveillance of bacterial infections is a key step in this process.

Learn more from Dr Sergio Massora:
🔗 tinyurl.com/58d9y4ps

@globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social #WAAW #WAAW2025 #WorldAMRWeek
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🌍💊#WAAW2025 highlight - #ComBacAfrica

The ComBac-Africa project brings together scientists from Africa and Europe with one mission: to address the growing threat of #AMR in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Learn more about the project here➡️ www.combac-africa.org

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November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Antibiotic resistance is a serious and growing public health challenge in Europe.

Misuse and overuse make bacteria resistant, making infections harder to treat.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 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...
An Introduction to Costing and the Types of Costs Used within Health Economic Studies - PharmacoEconomics - Open
The number of published health economic analyses, especially economic evaluations, has rapidly expanded globally since the 1990s, and costs are an essential component of such studies. Cost is a genera...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Decentralised #tuberculosis testing works.

In #Mozambique & #Tanzania, clinics using on-site Truenat diagnostics started treatment in 97% of confirmed TB patients in 7 days vs. 63%.

Same-day treatment: 82% vs. 3%.

By the #EDCTP-funded TB-CAPT trial 👉 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Implementing the Molbio Truenat platform and tuberculosis assays versus standard of care at primary care clinics for the detection and treatment of tuberculosis in Mozambique and Tanzania (TB-CAPT COR...
This trial provides strong evidence supporting the placement of low complexity molecular tuberculosis diagnostics at primary care level, to enable same-day diagnosis and treatment initiation.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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👋 Hi Bluesky!

We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org

Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱

Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!

We are uniting two research powerhouses.

For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.

Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🎥New video: Using #GenomicSurveillance to control pathogen infections

Watch @tuliodna.bsky.social and Dr Nália Ismael discuss how the #GenPathAfrica project is enhancing genomic surveillance across Africa to protect public health.

Watch here👉 youtu.be/ok4RgsFIlrE

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GenPath Africa | Introducing Work Package 1
YouTube video by LINQ management
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November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM