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The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean invite you to join the upcoming webinar on: Building Capacity and Collaboration in Health Research: Lessons from Pathfinder Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean

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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Join the 6th Lisbeth Hockey Memorial Lecture: Nurse-Led Research that Transforms Communities: Insights and Experiences
Date and time: 2 December 2025 at 12:00 UTC

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6th Lisbeth Hockey Memorial Lecture Global Research Nurses, part of The Global Health Network, is collaborating with the International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR) to deliver this year’s Lisbeth Hockey Memorial Lecture for Nurses and Midwives, under the theme: Nurse-Led Research that Transforms Communities: Insights and Experiences with Prof Champion N. Nyoni, PhD, MHPE, BSN Technical Officer, (Health Work Force (HWF) Education & Training) World Health Organization Africa Regional Office Date: 2nd December 2025 Time: 15:00-16:30 EAT (12:00pm GMT)
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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From Mpox to Future Threats: Researchers Call for Integration of Environmental Surveillance into Public Health Systems

📖 Read the new policy paper: www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/envi...

#Mpox #publichealth #AMR
Environmental surveillance as a sentinel for emerging outbreaks: Lessons from mpox in Africa
Academics examine environmental surveillance as an early warning system for emerging outbreaks, focusing on lessons learned from Mpox in Africa
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November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Free online workshop – The role of fathers in supporting mothers’ breastfeeding journey
Date and time: 27 November 2025 10:00-11:30 UTC

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Certificates of attendance available for those who meet the criteria.

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THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK LactaHub Free Online Workshop The role of fathers in supporting mothers' breastfeeding journey REGISTER NOW Date: Thursday, 27 November 2025 | Time: 10:00am UTC Dr. Sutantri Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia Dr. Devon Spika University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Areta Idarto Universitas Ciputra Indonesia Jesse A. Oyieke Amref International University, Kenya Dr. Saraiorn Thonginnetra Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Thailand
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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📢 Join the launch of the Research into Policy Toolkit. A new open-access resource developed by the EDCTP Association and The Global Health Network.

🗓️ Date: 13 November 2025
🕐 Time: 13:00–14:30 UTC

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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🌍 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Webinar Series: One Health in Action in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and North Africa

📅 To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025, explore and join a webinar between 18 - 21 November.

👉 Register now: amr.tghn.org/events/

#WAAW #GlobalHealth #OneHealth
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The @who.int has launched the Global Clinical Trials Forum. This network aims to strengthen ethical, inclusive, high-quality clinical trials worldwide.

The Global Health Network is part of this initiative to support global implementation and engagement.

Learn more: www.who.int/news/item/07...
WHO launches the Global Clinical Trials Forum
WHO has today launched the Global Clinical Trials Forum (GCTF), a global, multi-stakeholder network to strengthen clinical trial environments and infrastructure at national, regional and global levels...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Watch a live podcast on Global Health at the World Health Summit on 12 October 2025 at 12:45 CEST

Leading voices in global health will explore how taking responsibility can contribute to building stronger and fairer health systems worldwide.

Watch here: tdr.who.int/global-healt...

#WHS2025
Global Health Matters podcast
Hosted by Dr Garry Aslanyan with a variety of guests, the podcast discusses key questions, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research, promoting gender equality and women in global health...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Professor Trudie Lang gave a keynote at #ECTMIH on how addressing the dual challenges of pandemics and diseases of poverty demands bold action.

Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)

#globalhealth #pandemics
Professor Trudie Lang giving a keynote speech at ECTMIH, Hamburg, Germany on 29 September 2025.
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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💻 Come along to our next Capacity Strengthening Hub webinar with @tghn-news.bsky.social on “How to be a good trial statistician”.

🗓️ 13 October 2025
🕙 10:00-11:30 BST
📍 Online (Zoom)

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September 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Join the Online Grant Writing Workshop for Early and Mid Career Researchers

Date and time: 21 October 2025 at 10:00 - 14:00 UTC+1

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#funding #research #globalhealth
Online Grant Writing Workshop for Early and Mid Career Researchers 21 October 2025 10:00 - 14:00 UTC+1 REGISTER This workshop is organised by The Global Health Network for the Pathogen Variants Network, a global collaboration of six research teams funded by Wellcome to work on SARS-CoV-2. It is open to all for wider benefit and impact. W wellcome THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK Enabling research by sharing knowledge
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Upcoming webinar: How to be a good trial statistician

Monday 13 October 2025 at 10:00-11:30 UTC+1

Register now:
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#clinicaltrials #globalhealth
How to be a good trial statistician Webinar Monday 13 October 10:00 - 11:30 BST Register now https://bit.ly/46hspc1 or scan the QR code: bitly Three Panel members working in Africa and the UK will be sharing their experiences of being trial statisticians, their challenges and top tips and having a discussion for the audience to join in. Speakers: Michelle Clements (Chair, UK), Andrew Abaasa (Uganda), Philip Ayieko (Tanzania) and Vicky Simms (UK) This MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL Capacity Strengthening Hub's webinar series aims to inform and promote discussion about different roles within clinical trials. International Statistics & Epidemiology Partnership MRC Clinical Trials Unit -UCL -THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🔬 Working on #clinical trials on (re-)emerging #epidemic diseases in LMICs?

#GloPID-R launched the call: 'Outbreak ready: Accelerating clinical trial site readiness in LMICs'

💶 €100,000 to €500,000 grants

📅 Until 14 Nov

🔗Apply: www.glopid-r.org/outbreak-rea...

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September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Are you looking to turn your research findings into real-world action? Join TDR for a webinar on:
Communicating research findings for evidence-informed decision-making in public health.

Date and time: 25 September 2025 at 14:00 PM UTC+1

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Communicating research findings for evidence-informed decision-making in public health Date: Thursday, 25 September 2025 Time: 3-4pm (CET) Location: Zoom webinar Speakers: Christine Kirima The Global Health Network Africa, Kenya Natalia Pasternak Instituto Questão de Ciência, Brazil Adanna Nwameme University of Ghana School of Public Health, Ghana Anna Thorson TDR, Switzerland Robert Terry TDR, Switzerland TDR For research on diseases of poverty UNICEF• UNDP • World Bank • WHO Register here:
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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How can clinical trial results be shared ethically with participants?

Experts share lessons and strategies in this webinar with speakers from Mongolia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the UK organised with
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Watch replay here: mrcctu.tghn.org/webinars/

#ClinicalTrials
Communicating Results to Trial Participants with headshots of speakers: Alasdair Bamford Annabelle South Bazra Tsogt Neetha Morar Mutsa Bwakura
September 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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It’s World Breastfeeding Week.

LactaHub offers open access resources to support research, training and policy on human milk and lactation.

Explore tools, guidance and knowledge for better health outcomes:
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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek #Breastfeeding
August 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The Global Health Network Nigeria, in partnership with Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi Abuja, is proud to host an in-person Research Capacity Strengthening Workshop for Healthcare Workers on 8 August 2025.

Learn more: africa.tghn.org/articles/res...

#clinicalresearch #globalhealth #training
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August 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Call for Participation: Arbovirus Clinical Management Survey

Share insights on clinical practices with the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) South America Hub at Fiocruz.

👉https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/dengue-site-assessment
Arbovirus Clinical Management Survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Webinar: Enhancing Health Systems Research Through Community and Stakeholder Engagement

🗓️ [29 July 2025 – 12:30 GMT | 13:30 BST | 14:30 SAST | 15:30 EAT]

Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#globalhealth #healthsystems #communityengagement
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July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Upcoming webinar: Towards a Healthier and Equitable Future for Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Why is Health Inequity Deeply Rooted in the Region?

Date & time: 24 July 2025 at 9:30 – 11:00 am BST

Register Now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
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July 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Global Health Network was at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference presenting key global health initiatives from advancing the design and use of responsible AI to contributing to the @who.int "Interim guidance on social and behavioural research for the mpox public health response.
Sam Driver with his poster at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK Dr Jean Claude Udahemuka at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK Dr Alun Davies presenting at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025 in Oxford, UK Dr. Bryain Maradiaga Mendoza presenting at the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025, Oxford, UK.
July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Upcoming workshop: AI for Health Systems Transformation: Policy, Partnerships, and Systems Readiness

Date & time: 2 July 2025 at 10:00 – 15:00

Location: Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The Global Health Network was delighted to co-host a session this morning with EDCTP on ‘The EDCTP Knowledge Hub & the Research into Policy and Practice Toolkit’ at the #EDCTPForum. The discussion was insightful with exceptional engagement from the audience, especially on the final day of sessions.
Leonard Numfor speaks at the EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda during a workshop co-hosted by EDCTP and The Global Health Network.
June 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Meet Sheikha S. Mohamed, Mesh Coordinator for Africa at The Global Health Network, based at Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania. She champions stronger research ecosystems by linking communities, researchers & stakeholders across LMICs.
Shekha Salum Mohamed with her poster at the Twelfth EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.
June 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The Global Health Network is at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali, Rwanda, with many colleagues and friends from this community to showcase the progress and impact of collaborative programmes and projects driving equity in where research happens, who leads and who benefits from the evidence.
Dr Leandre Murhula Masirika presenting on stage during the EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM