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Ready to shape the future of public health in Africa?
Africa CDC is now accepting applications for the African Epidemic Services (AES) Epidemiology Track.
This prestigious two-year fellowship will begin in October 2026 and will blend rigorous classroom learning with real-world field experience, empowering you to become a leader in detecting, investigating, and responding to health threats across the continent.
Don’t miss this chance to join the network.
🗓️ Applications deadline: 26 August 2026
🔗 Apply now: ow.ly/wMZE50Zob1c
You can download the prospectus on our website!
#AfricanEpidemicServices #FieldEpidemiology #AfricaReady #HealthSecurity
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STAFF & STUDENTS: Our July Oxford MedSci newsletter is hot off the press!
This months issue features a bumper crop of internal funding calls, as well as the latest news, events, opportunities, and updates.
Read the newsletter👉 medsci.ox.ac.uk/for-staff/re…
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📝 Applications open!
This rolling grant supports Swedish higher education institutions to recruit leading researchers currently based outside Europe.
📅 Application period: 11 February – 10 November
📢 Grant decisions: Announced on a rolling basis
🔗 shorturl.at/5wn6Y
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Two pre-meeting courses are available prior to the start #TropMed26 on the morning of November 18. Register now for a course in clinical tropical medicine or in medical entomology. tinyurl.com/4crf6dkh
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📢 Call for Experts!
The @WHO is seeking multidisciplinary experts with experience in surveillance, monitoring & evaluation, and strategic information for malaria impact and decision-making.
⏳ Submission deadline: 15 May
🔗 shorturl.at/M1WHK
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📢 Call for applications: short free course in health economics, health financing and decision science
📍Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
📅 29 June - 3 July 2026
Covered by the @EDCTP3-funded Crypto T&T project.
🔗 Apply by 25 May: redcapsvr2.ahri.gov.et/surve…
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🔬 Registration now open!
Join the APMEN Online Training on Malaria Vector Surveillance
🗓 11–13 March 2026
⏰ 2–5 PM (SGT)
Led by Prof. Neil Lobo (Notre Dame & UCSF), this course strengthens entomological surveillance to support effective vector control & malaria elimination.
🔗 Register: aplma-org.zoom.us/webinar/re…
#APMEN #MalariaElimination #VectorControl #PublicHealth
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Explore DAFODIL is a digital dashboard which enables regulators to compare the many devices that detect substandard and falsified medication, & identify the right option for their needs
👉 iddo.org/mq/science/dafodil
@NDMOxford @tropMedOxford @gatesfoundation
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Are you researching #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
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For #WorldNTDDay, please join us to spotlight the critical role of strengthening vector‑focused strategies for progress across entire #NTDs programs!
Tackling Vectors, the Domino Effect for Cross NTD Progress
🗓️ 29 Jan 2026 | 14:00–15:30 UTC
🔗 isntd.org/isntd-connect
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With antimalarial drug resistance mounting, ganaplacide-lumefantrine could make a major difference in the fight against #malaria. @MalariaNoMore spoke with Caroline Boulton of @Novartis about the journey or this drug and the promise it brings 👉 bit.ly/3LlMBmN
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💰 Are you planning to apply for Global Health EDCTP3 funding in 2026?
Here are 10 key tips to help you prepare a strong project proposal.
🔗 Check the article: global-health-edctp3.europa.…
📅 Join our Info Day on 5 February for more: global-health-edctp3.europa.…
#InfoDay26 #Calls2026
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Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work iddo.org/tools-and-resources
#BeatNTDs
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🚨 Calls are open for €147 million in funding opportunities!
Global Health EDCTP3 supports research projects on infectious diseases across #Africa and #Europe.
📅 Submit by 4 March or 31 August, depending on the call topic.
🔗 Read more: link.europa.eu/fWVV6K
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Automated reporting of primaquine dose efficacy, tolerability and safety for #Plasmodium #vivax #malaria using a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
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✨ Meet Dr Juan Sebastián Hurtado Zapata, one of our WHO/TDR Postgraduate Research Fellows
In his new blog post, Juan talks about why he applied for the #Fellowship, his projects, how the year will shape his career @TDRnews
📖 Read more iddo.org/news/meet-new-whotd…
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📢 Save the date! The APMEN Joint Working Groups Meeting 2026 will be held 27–30 April in Bangkok, Thailand.
Theme: “One Network, Integrated Solutions: Driving a Malaria-Free Asia Pacific” 🌏
📌 Mark your calendars!
#APMEN2026 #MalariaFreeAsiaPacific #Malaria #APMEN #VCWG #VxWG #SRWG #ClimateHealth #OutdoorTransmission #BorderMalaria
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#ResearchHighlight from Tom Peto, Marie Onyamboko @MORUBKK
Single-step versus conventional injectable artesunate for severe #malaria in children: an open label, non-inferiority randomized clinical trial in 🇨🇩 and 🇹🇿
👉 ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Paper 👉 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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#ResearchHighlight from Frank Smithuis @MORUBKK
The underperforming Abbott-Bioline #Malaria Ag P.f/P.v rapid diagnostic test: a whiter shade of pale - where the truth is not plain to see
Read more 👉 ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Full publication 👉 link.springer.com/article/10…
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💊🦟Looking for #AntimalarialResistance resources?
Check out these #MARCSEAfrica webinars: marcse-africa.org/news/blog/…
#malaria
