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  • 🌍 Calling All EACCR Network Members: Join the 2nd Round of the 'Figure It Out' Course!

     

    We are excited to announce the return of the 'Figure It Out' course, exclusively open to participants from the East Africa Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR). After a highly successful first round, this unique training program is back, designed to empower researchers and health professionals within the EACCR network to conduct impactful global health research.

  • First-ever Vaccine Trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the Virus Launched in Uganda

    In a global first in Uganda today, @MinofHealthUG, WHO, and other partners launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.

  • Sudan Ebola Virus Disease Vaccine and Treatments still Accesible in Uganda

    WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family), including by facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments. The first 2160 doses of the vaccine candidate and the treatments are already in Kampala, Uganda, as they were prepositioned as part of outbreak preparedness.  

  • Professor Alison Elliot Honoured with OBE

    Congratulations to Professor Alison Elliott, Professor of Tropical Medicine, receives an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to Medicine and Global Health.


    Based at the Medical Research Council Unit at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.

    She was recognized for her contributions to developing medical research in Zambia and Uganda, and for inspiring young African scientists.

  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!