GLOPID-R

Our milestones

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2024

MAY

GloPID-R Africa Hub organises a meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, to address progress and next steps in the development of this regional hub.

MAY

First of three Funder Roundtable Meetings convened by the Data Sharing Working Group to develop an implementation guide to support the GloPID-R Data Sharing Roadmap.

MARCH

Mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo briefing for GloPID-R members, hosted by the GloPID-R Africa Hub and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). Supported by analysis and briefs from the GloPID-R Research & Policy Team.

MARCH

Official launch of Pandemic PACT (the Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and Funding Tracking Programme) at a special event co-organised with the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford.

MARCH

EDCTP3 (the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking) becomes a member of GloPID-R.

FEBRUARY

The New GloPID-R Executive Board is officially instated. By unanimous decision, Mongezi Mdhluli is appointed Chair by the other Board members.

JANUARY

New GloPID-R Executive Board is elected by the membership.

2023

THROUGHOUT 2023

Publications by GloPID-R’s Research & Policy team appeared in Open Research Europe, California Management Review, The Lancet, Wellcome Open Research, Open Research Africa, and BMJ Global Health.

NOVEMBER

The GloPID-R Research & Policy Team attend the first WHO Clinical Trials Forum, where Team leader Alice Norton is invited to present the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination.

OCTOBER

GloPID-R General Assembly 2023 held in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by FAPESP, and official launch of the GloPID-R Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination.

SEPTEMBER

GloPID-R Coordinated Funding Roundtable (online) attended by GloPID-R members.

AUGUST

Launch of the GloPID-R Africa Hub in Cape Town, hosted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).

JULY

‘Lessons Learnt from Developing and Applying Research Priorities during the COVID-19 Pandemic’ published by the Research Prioritization Sub-group of the LMICs Working Group.

MAY

Publication of the GloPID-R Funders Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination, accompanied by a Commentary in The Lancet.

MARCH

At the request of WHO, meeting convened with GloPID-R membership about the coordination of trials for Marburg virus and other pan-filoviruses, supported by a review and brief on Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea, developed by the GloPID-R Research & Policy team.

FEBRUARY

Pandemic PACT Tool Development meeting organised by GloPID-R and UKCDR at Les Pensières Center for Global Health (Annecy, France).

JANUARY

Virtual dialogue online event hosted GloPID-R and UKCDR celebrates the achievements of COVID CIRCLE. Joint UKCDR and GloPID-R report on ‘Funding and undertaking research during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic’.

JANUARY

Charité Center for Global Health takes over hosting the GloPID-R Secretariat thanks to the renewal of the grant funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme.

2022

DECEMBER

The Mérieux Foundation (Lyon, France) concludes its participation in GloPID-R after hosting the GloPID-R Secretariat, 2015 - 2022.

DECEMBER

The Research & Policy Team publishes findings in BMJ Global Health on urgent research gaps for the Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda.

DECEMBER

COVID CIRCLE virtual conference ‘Beyond the pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 research response in low- and middle-income countries’.

NOVEMBER

GloPID-R hosts a third convening call to facilitate information sharing about members’ activities related to mpox.

NOVEMBER

Inaugural meeting of the Pandemic PACT (the Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and Funding Tracking Programme) Advisory Group.

OCTOBER

GloPID-R General Assembly 2022 held in Berlin, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

OCTOBER

At the request of the members, the GloPID-R Research & Policy Team develop a brief on the ongoing Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda.

SEPTEMBER

Clinical Trials working group (formerly CTN&F) workshop held at Les Pensières Center for Global Health (Annecy, France), toward developing the GloPID-R Living Roadmap for Clinical Trial Coordination.

SEPTEMBER

GloPID-R hosts a second convening call to facilitate information sharing about members’ activities related to mpox.

JULY

GloPID-R convenes the membership to discuss ongoing work related to mpox, promote synergies, and prevent duplication.

JULY

The GloPID-R Research & Policy Team publishes a review in BMC Medicine, ‘Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: what is known?’

JULY

At the request of the membership, the Research & Policy Team develops a brief on the global outbreak of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children.

JULY

Living Mapping Review: Sixth iteration covers new COVID-19 variants.

MARCH

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GloPID-R.

March

Living Mapping Review: new iteration for future COVID-19 research funding, with analysis of research on UKCDR/GloPID-R Project Tracker mapped against priorities in the UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery

February

Funders’ Roundtable on Clinical Trials co-convened by GloPID-R and the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

2021

DECEMBER

GloPID-R welcomes 3 new members:
FONRID (National Research & Innovation Fund for Development), Burkina Faso
FONSTI (Fund for Science, Technology & Innovation), Côte d’Ivoire
NCST (National Council for Science and Technology), Rwanda

And 2 new observers:

ESSENCE on Health Research Initiative (WHO/TDR)
GOARN (Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network)

November

COVID CIRCLE Lessons for Funders publication and event

November

Launch of the GloPID-R Asia-Pacific Regional Hub

August

SAG Report: COVID-19 Research Recommendations & Considerations for GloPID-R, 2021-2023

March

COVID-19 Research in LMICs online event

February

COVID CIRCLE Researcher Coordination Platform launched by UKCDR/GloPID-R

2020

December

Long COVID Forum organized by GloPID-R, ISARIC and the Long Covid Support group

September

UKCDR/GloPID-R launch COVID CIRCLE - COVID-19 Research Coordination & Learning initiative

July

GloPID-R attends Global Research and Innovation Forum of the WHO R&D Blueprint

GloPID-R COVID-19 Research Synergies Meetings

April

Launch of UKCDR/GloPID-R Research Project Tracker of funded COVID-19 research projects

March

Global COVID-19 Research Roadmap published

GloPID-R Response Strategy Coordination meetings held

GloPID-R attends Global Coordination Mechanism meeting of the WHO R&D Blueprint

February

Rapid research funding launched worldwide to fund COVID-19 scientific priorities

GloPID-R/WHO Global Research and Innovation Forum on COVID-19 held at WHO headquarters

January

Joint Statement on Data-sharing in COVID-19 Public Health Emergencies endorsed by GloPID-R

WHO declares COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

GloPID-R members work closely with WHO to identify funding research priorities

2019

December

Meeting on synergies between Clinical Trial Networks and Emerging Pathogen Cohorts

September

GloPID-R Chikungunya, O’nyong-nyong and Mayaro Virus Reports, Parts 2 & 3 Published

June

GloPID-R Chikungunya, O’nyong-nyong and Mayaro Virus Report, part 1 published

May

7th GloPID-R General Assembly meeting held in Tokyo

2018

September

Meeting to advance clinical research preparedness for outbreaks

May

GloPID-R members mobilize to fund projects to address Ebola outbreak in east DRC

February

6th GloPID-R General Assembly meeting held in Brussels

January

1st meeting of GloPID-R Industry Stakeholder Group

2017

December

Launch of Chikungunya Working Group

November

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Report on long-term scientific priorities

November

GloPID-R members mobilize to fund projects to address Plague outbreak in Madagascar

October

Industry Stakeholder Group created

May

GloPID-R recognized at G20 Health Ministers Meeting

May

GloPID-R starts responding to Ebola outbreak in north DRC

March

5th GloPID-R General Assembly meeting held in Seoul

2016

December

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) meeting in Paris

November

GloPID-R Zika Virus Research Workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil

June

G7 leaders welcome GloPID-R action

May

GloPID-R starts responding to yellow fever outbreak in Angola and DRC

March

4th GloPID-R General Assembly meeting held in Washington, D.C.

2015

December

Emergency GloPID-R members meeting mobilized in response to the Zika Virus outbreak in Latin America

May

3rd GloPID-R General Assembly meeting held in Cape Town

January

The GloPID-R Secretariat is established, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme

2014

October

After further consultations, a third meeting is held in Montréal and produces the GloPID-R Charter, developed collectively by participants

2013

October

During a second meeting held Les Pensières, Annecy (France), GloPID-R is discussed with a wider range of participants including funding bodies, representatives of additional countries, and scientific experts.

February

In Brussels, a first meeting gathers international research funding organizations from the US, Canada, China, Australia, the UK, France and Sweden. The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) initiative is launched at that meeting.

2012

The Heads of International Research Funding Organizations (HIROs) discuss the creation of an initiative to facilitate international collaboration between funders for research preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks.

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The GloPID-R Secretariat is a project which receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094188.