Our projects

Mitigating the risk of antimalarial resistanceThe MARC-SE Africa project is enabling key countries in Africa to track and respond to rising rates of resistance to antimalarial drugs.

Community-based care for vulnerable children after hospital dischargeThe SDx project is assessing whether digital tools can enable community health workers to maintain contact with...

An adaptive trial platform for testing neonatal sepsis treatmentsThe SNIP-AFRICA project is establishing a research platform with an innovative trial design that will enable multiple...

Speeding up the diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitisThe PRECISE-TBM project aims to accelerate the detection of tuberculous meningitis, the deadliest form of TB that is a particular threat...

Amplifying access to new antibioticsThe ComBac-Africa project is working to improve access to new antibiotics in sub-Saharan Africa, incorporating measures to ensure their judicious use and...

Advancing a multivalent TB vaccineThe T5-TBVAC project is introducing a BCG-based human challenge model in Uganda to accelerate the evaluation of a candidate tuberculosis vaccine and using...

Advancing ‘triple therapy’ for malariaThe EDCTP2-funded ASAAP study has received additional Global Health EDCTP3 funding to complete its evaluation of a novel ‘triple therapy’ for malaria.

Using point-of-care ultrasound to guide treatment of chest infectionsThe IMCI-PLUS project is promoting greater use of point-of-care ultrasound to improve the detection of bacterial...

Optimising malaria vaccine booster deliveryThe SMV delivery project is exploring when and how to provide booster doses of malaria vaccine to children in areas with seasonal transmission to...

Building capacity for wastewater surveillanceThe ODIN project is establishing an infrastructure for genomic surveillance based on monitoring for the presence of pathogens and antimicrobial...

Rapid detection of sepsis in neonatesThe ACROBAT Newborns project is developing a bedside test to identify newborns at the highest risk of sepsis, one of the most common causes of death in...

Monitoring mosquito populations across AfricaThe VectorGrid-Africa project is developing a platform that could eventually provide an intimate picture of disease-transmitting mosquitoes...

Advancing the development and future access of a new tuberculosis vaccineThe MTBVAC-AVANTE consortium, led by Biofabri, is advancing one of the world's most advanced tuberculosis vaccine...

Preventing transmission of viral infections during pregnancyThe MAGFA project is developing a point-of-care test to simultaneously detect HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus infections in...

Targeting malaria parasites within mosquitoesThe DEFEND project is piloting a highly innovative strategy to disrupt the spread of malaria by infecting mosquitoes with a strain of bacterium...

Gathering additional data on mpox vaccine in infants and pregnant women The PregInPoxVac project is generating data on the use of the MVA-BN vaccine to prevent mpox infections in pregnant...

Improving detection and control of Ebola outbreaksThe Ebola PREP-TBOX project is developing a suite of tools to improve detection, treatment and public health responses to Sudan ebolavirus...

Boosting malaria vaccine potencyThe MVC-2G project is advancing a second-generation malaria vaccine targeting an additional stage in the malaria parasite life cycle.

Strengthening national ethics review systems in East AfricaThe SECRET project addresses a critical gap in Africa's clinical research ecosystem: the limited capacity of national research...