November 2024 EDCTP3 calls for emergency funding to tackle outbreak

Following the High-Level Emergency Regional meeting on 13 April 2024, the Ministry of Health of the DRC considered the ongoing Mpox outbreak as a Public Health Emergency (PHE).

In response to this crisis, Global Health EDCTP3 mobilised emergency funding to tackle the outbreak on 30 April.

With a budget of €6.5 million, the Call for proposals titled ‘Mobilisation of Emergency funding for Mpox outbreak research response’, closed on 29th May after receiving 17 project proposals, involving 77 partners from 35 countries.

The research funds made available under this call aimed at supporting research and innovation projects that would advance understanding on the ongoing Mpox epidemic in the DRC, contribute to the development of new vaccines and treatments as well as improve surveillance strategies.