Newsletter
February 2024
A New Executive Board for GloPID-R
Our funders’ coalition has started out the new year in a spirit of renewal. Following online voting by the GloPID-R membership in January, we now have a new Executive Board. To mark the official handover, a meeting of all Board members, past and current, took place on February 13. In this Editorial, Mongezi Mdhluli, our newly elected Chair, and Barbara Kerstiens, an active member on the previous Board, share their ambitions for GloPID-R in 2024.
THE GLOPID-R EXECUTIVE BOARD IN 2024
The transition took place at a meeting on February 13, when outgoing Chair Charu Kaushic congratulated the members of the new Board. She reminded them of their important roles as the voice of leadership for our coalition and provided insights about the challenges they will need to address in the near future. The first action by the new members was to unanimously select Mongezi Mdhluli to serve as their Chair, based on his experience on the previous Board and a demonstrated capacity to lead.
GloPID-R news
Register now: Pandemic PACT Launch Event
Join us on March 20, 2024 for this special event to launch our innovative Pandemic PACT programme.
Updates from our Working Groups
Catch up on the activities of two of our Working Groups: Clinical Trials and Data Sharing.
Updates on our Coordinated Funding Mechanism
The new ‘Global Research Improving Pandemic Preparedness’ (GRIPP) Group has been established to develop a GloPID-R Coordinated Funding Mechanism.
Update on GloPID-R Africa Hub activities
Read the latest news and upcoming activities from the Africa Hub Secretariat.
GloPID-R’s Research & Policy Team takes an active part in the first WHO Clinical Trials Forum
Our Research & Policy Team attended the first WHO Clinical Trials Forum in November 2023. The Forum was held to explore a joint vision on strengthening clinical research capabilities aligned with the World Health Assembly resolution (WHA75.8).
GloPID-R Director gives keynote address at ERA4Health workshop on funding mechanisms for investigator-initiated clinical studies (IICSs)
Hans Hagen, GloPID-R Scientific and Advocacy Director, delivered the keynote address at the second ERA4Health workshop.
MEMBER NEWS
ANRS | Emerging Infectious DiseasesUpdates on strategic projects, events and partnerships
Learn about the CSA BE READY workshop, the CSA COMECT kick-off meeting, and partnerships with WHO and DZIF.
CEPI Read the latest news from CEPI
Learn about CEPI’s work regionalizing vaccine manufacturing, their collaboration with PAHO, harnessing mRNA technology, accelerating access to vaccines and much more.
EDCTPScientific Results
Read the results from EDCTP-funded studies.
European CommissionUpdate on the EU clinical trial ecosystem in relation to the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination
Learn about two European initiatives directly contributing to the implementation of the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap in Europe.
ESSENCE on Health Research
Catch up with the latest podcasts in the Global Health Matters series hosted by Garry Aslanyan: ‘Walking the talk: advocating for healthy cities.’
DHHSSTRIVE: A Global Clinical Trial Infrastructure for Current and Emerging Infectious Disease Threats
Learn more about STRIVE (Strategies and Treatments for Respiratory Infections and Viral Emergencies), a network supported by the National Institutes of Health, an agency of GloPID-R member the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Pasteur NetworkUpdates from Pasteur Network
Including the Centre for Africa’s Resilience to Epidemics (CARE), AFROSCREEN, the Network’s new Board and a MOOC.
WHOWHO hosts Second global technical consultation on public health and social measures
The WHO Public Health And Social Measures (PHSM) initiative hosted the second global technical consultation on PHSM for health emergencies from 21-23 November 2023.
ZonMwA new GloPID-R representative
We’re delighted to welcome ZonMw’s new representative, Anouk Warmerdam.
FUNDING CALLS
ANRS | EIDGeneric Calls for Proposals
ANRS |EID opened their generic Calls for Proposals for HIV/AIDS, STIs, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis, and Conferences and Publications on January 15 2024.
EDCTP3Open Call for Proposals
Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking has launched calls for proposals for research projects tackling infectious diseases across a broad scope of topics.
CEPIInnovations to Prepare for Future Epidemics and Pandemics
CEPI has launched this new Call for Proposals to speed up the development of, and equitable access to, safe and effective vaccines against epidemic and pandemic viral threats.
EVENTS
Pandemic PACT Launch Event
GloPID-R members and observers are invited to register for our Pandemic PACT Launch Event which will be hosted by the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford on March 20, 2024.
ANRS | EID Events
Scientific Days
The 2024 ANRS MIE Scientific Days will be held on March 21 & 22, 2024.
AFROSCREEN Project Regional Symposium
The AFROSCREEN Project regional symposium will be held on May 29-30, 2024 in Dakar (Senegal), in partnership with the Africa Centers for Disease Control.