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Next step towards polio-free Africa
The African continent has been declared one year free of the wild poliovirus, with no new cases identified since 11 August 2014. This significant event has been greeted with...
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Ebola and genetic modification
GM mosquitoes could be used to help fight the spread of malaria (Image: Ramón Portellano) A number of UK Parliamentary Select Committees have recently announced new...
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Report recognises UK as a global leader in health
(Image: Lindsay Mgbor, DFID) A new report, published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health at the end of June, highlighted the value of the UK’s role...
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Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the European Commission’s flagship pan-Europe research and innovation funding programme with a budget of €79 billion over seven years. UKCDS is the National...
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AMR Review calls for a $2 billion Innovation Fund
The Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Review panel, funded by HM Government and the Wellcome Trust though operating with full independence, has published its third...
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World Health Day
Happy World Health Day to all! This year’s World Health Day is focussed on the important issue of food safety and foodborne illness. However I thought it was also a good...
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Ebola epidemic: changing how we do development?
Come March, we will have reached the one year anniversary of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. With the news that the cases of Ebola are declining, the global health...
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UK and India strengthen their science partnership
UK and India are jointly investing in three new global health research centres. Using high quality reearch team based in the UK and India, the centres will take a global...
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How the Wellcome Trust invests in science
The Wellcome Trust’s recently published annual review highlights some of the excellent research they support that has far-reaching impacts for people living around the...
Ebola Research Database
The attached Ebola Research Database contains information on all current academic research relevant to Ebola that we have been informed about. This information sharing is...