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Global Health EDCTP3 invests in global health through funding collaborative projects tackling infectious diseases and supporting activities for research capacity building in Africa.

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Global Health EDCTP3-funded PROTECT project logo
  • In progress
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Other childhood infectious diseases
Safety monitoring during pregnancyThe PROTECT project is creating a network of sites in East Africa to monitor the safety of vaccines administered during pregnancy.
Global Health EDCTP3-funded DECIDE-TB project logo
  • In progress
  • Tuberculosis
Improving tuberculosis detection in childrenThe Decide-TB project is evaluating tools that could help clinicians diagnose TB more reliably in children.
Global Health EDCTP3-funded FAME project logo
  • In progress
  • Neglected infectious diseases
Repurposing fusidic acid for onchocerciasis controlThe FAME project is assessing whether a repurposed antibiotic could improve control of onchocerciasis (river blindness).
Global Health EDCTP3-funded PROTID project
  • In progress
  • Tuberculosis
TB prevention in people living with diabetesThe EDCTP2-funded PROTID project has received additional Global Health EDCTP3 funding, enabling it to complete its trial of preventive TB...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded ASPIRE project logo
  • In progress
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Other childhood infectious diseases
  • Cross-disease or disease unspecific
Protecting antibiotic potencyThe ASPIRE project is assessing whether improved infection prevention and control, coupled with more personalised antibiotic use, can reduce pressures driving...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded IMPACTING project logo
  • In progress
  • Neglected infectious diseases
  • Malaria
  • Emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases
Targeting vectors for infection prediction and controlThe IMPACTING project is collecting data on a host of insect vectors that spread infections to help better predict the risk of...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded UTI-Diag project logo
  • In progress
  • Other childhood infectious diseases
  • Cross-disease or disease unspecific
Rapid testing of urinary tract infectionsThe UTI-Diag project is exploring whether point-of-care tests could improve detection and management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and reduce...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded PediSEP1 project logo
  • In progress
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
Stratifying care of hospitalised childrenThe PediSEP1 project is testing an approach to identify low-risk children who can be safely discharged from the hospital, allowing clinical attention...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded PvSeroRDT project logo
  • In progress
  • Malaria
Advancing test-and-treat strategies for vivax malariaThe PvSeroRDT project is exploring whether a new diagnostic test for Plasmodium vivax could underpin a test-and-treat strategy for this...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded MAMS4CL project logo
  • In progress
  • Neglected infectious diseases
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease affecting more than one million people globally each year. In Ethiopia alone more than 40,000 people are thought to be affected...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded DEFEND project logo
  • In progress
  • Malaria
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded PregInPoxVac project logo
  • In progress
  • Emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded SAFIRE project logo
  • In progress
  • Malaria
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded EpiGen Ethiopia project logo
  • In progress
  • Neglected infectious diseases
  • Diarrhoeal diseases
  • Tuberculosis
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded The META Trial project logo
  • In progress
  • HIV/AIDS
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded SEMA ReACT project logo
  • In progress
  • Malaria
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded CHAPAS-5 project logo
  • In progress
  • HIV/AIDS
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...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded SUPPORT project logo
  • In progress
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Other childhood infectious diseases
Building capacity for HIV research in childrenThe SUPPORT project is leveraging two EDCTP2-funded HIV projects to provide a career development platform for African researchers.
Global Health EDCTP3-funded TreatPreg project logo
  • In progress
  • Neglected infectious diseases
  • Malaria
Boosting the use of anti-parasite drugs during pregnancyThe TreatPreg project is assessing whether a mix of anti-parasite drugs can be given together during pregnancy to prevent anaemia and...
Global Health EDCTP3-funded BREEDIME project logo
  • In progress
  • Cross-disease or disease unspecific
  • Emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases
Strengthening a regional centre of regulatory excellenceThe BREEDIME is building on previous EDCTP efforts to strengthen regulatory capacity in Tanzania, enabling the country to support...