Expected Impact:
Activities funded under the 2024 work programme of the Global Health EDCTP3 JU calls for proposals should contribute to:
- reduce the individual, social, and economic burdens of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa through the development and uptake of new or improved interventions, and
- increase health security in sub-Saharan Africa and globally by reducing the risk of outbreaks and pandemics and enhancing national and regional capacity to address antimicrobial resistance.
- Progressing towards the achievement of SDG3 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages' in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries;
- Enable the implementation of the short- and medium-term actions foreseen by the AU EU Innovation Agenda (adopted in July 2023) in the area of public health and the EU Global Health Strategy (November 2022);
- Improve equitable access to a full range of essential health services from health promotion to disease prevention and affordable quality treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care to fight communicable diseases;
- Expand partnerships based on equal footing, co-ownership, mutual interest and strategic priorities;
- Provide evidence for informed health policies and guidelines within public health systems in SSA and at international level;
- Enhance sustainable global scientific collaboration in health research and international cooperation across SSA;
- Develop novel, innovative HIV therapeutics for reducing the
