The project “Nigeria Centre for Disease Control: Capacity Development for Preparedness and Response for Infectious Diseases” (NiCaDe) is a longstanding collaboration between the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) since 2019. During its second project phase, the RKI welcomed four…
The BloodTrain Next Generation team trained twelve regulators from six African medicines regulatory authorities at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) from 20 to 31 October 2025. The participants deepened their knowledge in the regulation of blood screening in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) through practical training with PEI IVD experts. They particularly…
Great efforts are being made to increase vaccine production in Africa. Local drug regulatory authorities are responsible for testing vaccine batches for quality, safety, and efficacy. They approve them for human use. The VaccRelease project of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) supports its partner countries in Africa in setting up an effective…
The event in Frankfurt was hosted by the EMT National Focal Point team of the RKI (unit ZIG 3) in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It was supported by the project “EMT Twinning, Training, Transfer of Knowledge”. Participants included 51 representatives…
From 7 to 11 July 2025, twenty-five researchers from Nigeria and Germany gathered for an interdisciplinary Manuscript Writing Workshop. The event was organised as part of the COPE project and took place at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island of Riems. The COPE project promotes community-driven solutions to Lassa fever within…
In many African countries, access to essential medicines depends heavily on their affordability. Hence, generic and biosimilar medicinal products play a key role. These products, typically less expensive due to reduced development costs, are vital to achieving equitable healthcare (High Interest in the PharmTrain2 Fellowship: A Tailor-made…
The Namibian EMT is an established unit at the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), which nominated six experts to join this exercise. This included four doctors, a nurse, and a pharmacist. The participation of the Namibian EMT in this exercise was embedded within the Johanniter EMT. This is…
The TwiNit 2 project is part of the Global Health Protection Program (GHPP). The work package 6 of the project aims to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to promote infection prevention and control (IPC). In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), the Namibia Institute of…
Context The treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is complex and often requires patients to follow long and extensive treatment protocols. This is especially true of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), which is one of the most urgent problems facing TB control in Eastern Europe. As any interruption of treatment can jeopardise effective (DR-)…