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Generation Hope
Tanzania has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) and its partner organisations are working to ensure that girls and young women in East Africa can make their own decisions about their bodies and lead...
A roadmap to take AU-EU cooperation on global health R&I to the next level
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed chronic underinvestment in health system strengthening and health research, exposing gaps in global capacity to tackle infectious disease outbreaks. While investments in, and lessons learnt from research and innovation...
Ethiopian Youth Coalesce at Annual Review Meeting
On 29 December 2021, leaders and members of DSW’s youth clubs and youth empowerment centers (YEC) gathered for an annual review meeting, at the youth development training center in Bishoftu. The event marked the conclusion of activities for 2021. “During the partial...
Tackling NTDs will require closing the gender gap in research and innovation
As we prepare to mark the 3rd World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day, we also embark on the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. While COVID-19 has caused disruptions and delays across a wide spectrum of health areas, NTD services have been found to be among the...
European Union funding for PRND R&D reached a record high in 2020
The annual G-Finder report, launched on 27 January by Policy Cures Research, reveals that European Union (EU) funding for vital research into new vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tools for diseases like HIV & AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other neglected...
TeamUp Uganda life stories – Fatumah and Razak
“I see my achievements every day.” “My life has changed. My capacity has changed. I am able to think beyond only myself, but also about how I can help my community and my family. I see my achievements every day. Owning this piece of land makes me so excited and...
DSW Supports Improvement of Adolescent Health through School Health Clubs
DSW Tanzania has been implementing the “Afya yangu-Shule Yangu (My Health My School )” project in Dodoma City. The project recently organised a close out meeting that had the objective of disseminating lessons learnt and best practices to stakeholders after its...
The third EDCTP is born: this is what it looks like
On November 19, the Council adopted the legislative basis for research and innovation (R&I) partnerships under Horizon Europe, so-called ‘joint undertakings’, launching two new EU public-private partnerships for health R&I: the Global Health EDCTP 3 and the...
Tanzania Celebrates International Volunteer Day
Tanzania celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) on the 5th December 2021 with the theme ‘’ Volunteer now for our common future’’. The objective of the event was to recognize and support the spirit of volunteerism to help create a better future. It was nationally...
Action is needed more than ever to eliminate HIV
On the 33rd World AIDS Day, marked yearly on December 1, there’s a growing sense of urgency as global targets to eliminate HIV, once within reach, start to slip away from grasp. While investments in HIV prevention and treatment, from research and innovation (R&I)...
