Tag: data sharing
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The Urgent Case for African Research Collaboration on Medicine Quality
Why Africa needs intensified medicine quality research Medicine quality is a cornerstone of public health. In many African countries, regulatory capacity, supply-chain integrity, and accessible pharmacovigilance systems lag behind the rapid growth of pharmaceutical markets and the demand for affordable medicines. This gap creates vulnerabilities where substandard and falsified medicines can circulate, jeopardizing patient safety…
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Urgent Call for Pan-African Collaboration to Safeguard Medicine Quality
Addressing a critical gap in medicine quality across Africa Recent discussions from researchers and practitioners, including prominent voices like Paul Newton and Federico Varese, highlight a pressing need: Africa must intensify research collaboration to ensure medicine quality. While global initiatives have advanced in many areas, fragmented data, limited laboratory capacity, and uneven regulatory frameworks continue…
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Regional launch of Europe’s environment 2025 marks two decades of partnership with EEA’s cooperating countries
Europe’s Environment 2025 Regional Launch: A Milestone for Cooperation The regional launch of Europe’s environment 2025 brought together high-level representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, signaling two decades of sustained partnership with the European Environment Agency (EEA). Hosted by the EEA, the event centered on shared environmental goals, mutual…
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Collaboration for Greater Impact: IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025 in Cape Town
Introduction: A milestone in pathogen surveillance collaboration From October 27 to 29, 2025, Cape Town hosted a pivotal gathering that underscored a simple but powerful idea: collaboration accelerates public health impact. The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) Global Partners Forum and the PHA4GE Conference brought together more than 270 scientists, policy-makers, funders and public health…
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Collaboration for Greater Impact: IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025 Highlights
Strength in Collaboration: A Global Meeting in Cape Town The third International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) Global Partners Forum, held in Cape Town, South Africa, from October 27–29, 2025, brought together more than 270 scientists, policy-makers, funders, and public health experts from around the world. This gathering underscored a central truth in infectious disease surveillance:…
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Wellington Inquest: Lessons from Manuia’s Tragic Death and the Call for Systemic Reform
Overview of the Manuia Case The Wellington inquest into the death of baby Manuia is revisiting what happened in the lead-up to her death and whether changes to the way agencies respond to family harm are needed. Manuia, a baby girl whose pseudonym was chosen by the coroner, died after suffering cardio-respiratory failure linked to…
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Canada’s CARE 2025: ONC releases open-access data from first all-Canadian Antarctic expedition
ONC opens access to CARE 2025 data, advancing global Antarctic research Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has taken a major step for Canadian and global ocean science by making the data from the country’s first all-Canadian-led Antarctic expedition publicly available. The Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE 2025), conducted in February and March aboard the Royal Canadian…
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Biobanks: The New Era of Large-Scale Medical Research
What is a biobank? A biobank is a large repository that stores biological samples—such as blood, saliva, and urine—alongside health information and lifestyle data from voluntary donors. Far from being mere storage facilities, biobanks are structured, ethical ecosystems designed to enable researchers to study how genetics, environment, and behavior influence health and disease across populations.…
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Biobanks: The New Tools for Large-Scale Medical Research
What is a biobank? A biobank is a carefully organized repository that combines biological samples—such as blood, saliva, or urine—with health, lifestyle, and demographic information about donors. In medical research, these biobanks make it possible to study diseases across thousands or even millions of individuals, identify risk factors, and track how conditions progress over time.…