Our projects

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...

Malaria treatment in early pregnancyThe SAFIRE project is establishing an innovative adaptive clinical trial platform to evaluate antimalarial treatments for women in the first trimester of...

BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5, especially in SSA. WHO guidelines do not recommend antibiotics for acute watery diarrhoea, while...

Building genomic surveillance capacity in EthiopiaThe EpiGen Ethiopia project is bringing together multiple partners to strengthen the country’s capacity to detect and track known and...

Preventing diabetes in people living with HIVWith Global Health EDCTP3 funding, the META Trial project will be able to complete its landmark EDCTP2-funded trial of metformin for diabetes...

Tackling severe malaria in remote locationsThe SEMA ReACT study will determine whether children with severe malaria can be treated entirely in the community, when transportation to health...

Accelerating young people’s access to antiretroviralsThe CHAPAS-5 project is establishing a flexible clinical trial platform that will accelerate the evaluation of antiretroviral treatments...

Diagnosing skin conditions with AIThe SkincAIr project is developing an easy-to-use AI-based tool to support the diagnosis of skin conditions caused by neglected tropical diseases.

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...

Screen and treat for human African trypanosomiasisThe STROGHAT project will determine whether a new drug, acoziborole, can be used in a ‘screen-and-treat’ approach for control of human...

A promising new antimalarialThe CUREMAL project is advancing a new antimalarial drug that could provide a much-needed alternative to artemisinin-based agents, to which malaria parasites are...