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CEPI @cepi.net · 4h
CEPI's September newsletter is now available! 🗞️ This month spotlights continued momentum for CEPI 3.0, with $240 million in new funding pledged by partners at UNGA 81. It also features our latest R&D partnerships, new funding opportunities and lots more.
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Partners back CEPI's global pandemic preparedness plan with US$240 million
Recent outbreaks, like the deadly Bundibugyo ebolavirus, are a reminder of how quickly dangerous pathogens can emerge and spread, but they also hint at what is possible when the right capabilities, pa...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 7h
As global health leaders ready themselves for this year’s World Health Summit Health Summit in Berlin, CEPI invites you to join its official panel discussion, From Crisis Response to Resilience: Innovating for Health Security Beyond Borders. Register: www.worldhealthsummit.org/sessions/034...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 29/09/2026
New funding: The @bioprevail.bsky.social x CEPI Biosecurity Innovation Challenge is seeking practical biosafety and biosecurity innovations to strengthen vaccine R&D and manufacturing during epidemic and pandemic responses, supporting CEPI’s 100 Days Mission: bioprevail.org/challenge/bi...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 21/09/2026
🔉 Major new funding for CEPI announced today. Ethiopia, Norway and the UK have pledged a combined US$240 million to support CEPI’s five-year plan to transform the world’s ability to prevent and respond to future epidemic and pandemic threats. cepi.net/ethiopia-nor...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 17/09/2026
Good decisions in an outbreak depend on good evidence. That’s why CEPI is investing US$3.9 million in three research projects to strengthen understanding of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) outbreak in the DRC, helping guide the response and support clinical trials of BDBV vaccine candidates ⬇️
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New research set to strengthen epidemic intelligence and modelling for Bundibugyo virus response
CEPI is investing US$3.9 million in three research projects that will turn real-time outbreak data into actionable insights to guide the Bundibugyo ebolavirus response in the DRC and support vaccine t...
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our new cohort of Fellows! Supported by @carnegie.org, this program builds biosecurity expertise by placing Fellows with leading global organizations to reduce biothreats. Read our full release ⤵️ pandemics.sph.brown.edu/news/2026-09...
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Backed by an Award from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Brown Pandemic Center Launches a New Fellowship to Advance Global Biothreat Reduction, New Cohort Announced
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CEPI @cepi.net · 09/09/2026
Today we announced new funding of up to US$8.9 million in Immunoscript Life Science to advance clinical testing of its thermostable next-generation self-amplifying RNA vaccine technology 🔽
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India ramps up Disease X preparedness with $8.9 million funding boost for its freezer-free RNA vaccine
The funding will advance clinical testing of Immunoscript's thermostable next-generation RNA vaccine platform.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 04/09/2026
This week we hosted a landmark pandemic simulation exercise with Indonesia's Ministry of Health to strengthen national and regional readiness against a future ‘Disease X’. Discover more:
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Indonesia steps up Southeast Asia’s outbreak preparedness with pandemic simulation exercise
Over 120 experts working across the vaccine and epidemic preparedness research ecosystem in Indonesia and the region are taking part in the table-top event in Jakarta.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 03/09/2026
As global leaders gather for the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, CEPI invites you to join its flagship side event: Building Crisis-Ready Coalitions: From Fragmentation to Readiness. Register now: web-eur.cvent.com/event/44c8f5...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/09/2026
CEPI's August newsletter is now available ⬇️ This edition spotlights CEPI’s ongoing efforts to close the mpox vaccine access gap, the latest progress in the fight against Bundibugyo ebolavirus—including funding for a fifth vaccine candidate and the initiation of another Phase 1 trial—and lots more.
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Closing the mpox vaccine access gap for mothers and young children
A new outbreak of mpox in Guinea-Bissau, the first recorded in the country, is a stark reminder that the virus remains a global threat. Mpox is not a new disease, but since the virus began spreading m...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 27/08/2026
We've announced a new US$16.5 million partnership with African biopharmaceutical company Minapharm Group to develop their Bundibugyo vaccine candidate. The Bundibugyo epidemic in the DRC is the fastest-growing and second-largest Ebola outbreak on record: cepi.net/african-bund...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 25/08/2026
100 days into the Bundibugyo emergency, the global health response has moved at a pace unimaginable a decade ago. Yet the outbreak is far from contained. It's painful proof that in a deadly epidemic, even faster than ever is often not fast enough. ➡️ Read more on our website:
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100 days into the Bundibugyo emergency, unprecedented speed is still not enough
The first 100 days of the Bundibugyo outbreak show how far epidemic response has advanced and how far it still has to go. It's painful proof that in a deadly epidemic, even faster than ever is often n...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 20/08/2026
Do existing vaccines against Zaire ebolavirus generate immune responses to Bundibugyo ebolavirus?
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New studies to test whether existing Ebola vaccines can generate immune responses to Bundibugyo ebolavirus
CEPI-backed studies will analyse blood samples from thousands of people who have already been vaccinated against Zaire ebolavirus, with first results expected within months.
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A new report from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, @cepi.net, and @rand.org details key areas for defense and health investment to advance #100DaysMission and outlines recommendations for cross-sector collaboration to deliver faster pandemic preparedness and response. static.cepi.net/downloads/20...
Policy report cover titled Realising the 100 Days Mission, featuring logos for RAND, CEPI, and Brown Pandemic Center on a dark blue background.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 14/08/2026
We’re delighted to announce that the CEPI Board has appointed Professor Ibrahim Abubakar as CEPI’s next Chief Executive Officer. cepi.net/cepi-board-a...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 04/08/2026
The first participant has been dosed in a CEPI-backed Phase 1 trial of Moderna's investigational vaccine against Bundibugyo virus, marking rapid progress in the global effort to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in DRC. Read more: cepi.net/modernas-bun...
A healthy adult participant, Susan Murray, receives the first dose in Moderna’s Phase 1 clinical trial in Canada evaluating mRNA-1469, an investigational vaccine candidate against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, in Truro, Nova Scotia, on August 3, 2026
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CEPI @cepi.net · 04/08/2026
The first participant has been dosed in a CEPI-backed Phase 1 trial of Moderna's investigational vaccine against Bundibugyo virus, marking rapid progress in the global effort to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in DRC. Read more: cepi.net/modernas-bun...
A healthy adult participant, Susan Murray, receives the first dose in Moderna’s Phase 1 clinical trial in Canada evaluating mRNA-1469, an investigational vaccine candidate against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, in Truro, Nova Scotia, on August 3, 2026
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PATH @path.org · 03/08/2026
🚨Last chance to apply! @cepi.net is seeking technical partners to support faster outbreak response by helping ensure critical biospecimens are available when needed. Apply by Aug 12: bit.ly/4hHQL5X #VaccinesWork
Image of several syringes aligned on a pink background. A red banner at the bottom reads: "Call for Proposals: Biospecimen Sourcing Initiative."
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CEPI @cepi.net · 03/08/2026
The Bundibugyo Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed a tragic milestone. Just 11 weeks after it was declared, the outbreak has reached 3,748 confirmed cases, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history and the fastest-growing ever recorded.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 30/07/2026
CEPI's July newsletter is now available 🗞️ Explore the latest progress in the fight against the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, along with new CEPI 3.0 campaign resources, open Calls for Proposals and lots more ⬇️
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As Bundibugyo virus death toll mounts, hope is on the horizon
A tragic milestone was reached this month as the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak – the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record - continues to escalate, with more than 1,400 deaths now recorded. As the...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 30/07/2026
With the Bundibugyo outbreak the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic on record, CEPI is providing up to $8.5m to Hilleman Laboratories, a joint MSD-Wellcome Trust venture, to accelerate development and manufacture of an rVSV vaccine candidate for clinical trials. cepi.net/hilleman-lab...
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Hilleman Laboratories to develop and produce CEPI-backed Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine doses for clinical trials
No vaccine is currently approved against the virus. The rVSV vaccine candidate could become an important tool for Bundibugyo outbreak control and response.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 27/07/2026
A powerful affirmation from Institut Pasteur de Dakar CEO Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, one of CEPI's key manufacturing partners, on the need for an organisation like CEPI and why continued investment in CEPI 3.0 is critical for our collective global health security ⬇️
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CEPI @cepi.net · 24/07/2026
The first volunteer has been vaccinated with the @ox.ac.uk's Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate in a CEPI-backed clinical trial as efforts ramp up to contain a fast-spreading and deadly outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 16/07/2026
ICYMI: a CEPI-backed vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford became the first vaccine targeting Bundibugyo virus to enter Phase I trials, just 57 days after the WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency. The Independent reports ⬇️
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Oxford University begins human trials of new Ebola vaccine
The jab could be ready to send to the Democratic Republic of Congo within weeks
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CEPI @cepi.net · 09/07/2026
In our new blog, CEPI's Chief Scientific Writer Kate Kelland asked Aurélia Nguyen, CEPI’s Deputy CEO, to explain how CEPI is supporting the global response to the Bundibugyo outbreak and how that work aligns with the 100 Days Mission. Read the new Q&A to learn more: cepi.net/bundibugyo-a...
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Bundibugyo and the 100 Days Mission: Preparedness, Readiness and Response
Aurélia Nguyen, CEPI’s Deputy CEO, explains how CEPI is supporting the global response to the Bundibugyo outbreak and how that work aligns with the 100 Days Mission.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 08/07/2026
CEPI has recently published its 2025 Annual Progress Report – a timely reflection of a year that reinforced why epidemic and pandemic preparedness is more important than ever. Read it here: static.cepi.net/downloads/20...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 07/07/2026
Our recent Innovations for Impact story takes a closer look at this clinical trial site in Bauchi, Nigeria, and the impact it is already helping to deliver in the region. Read it here ➡️ cepi.net/innovations-...
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Outbreak ready, research ready: strengthening West Africa’s research ecosystem
CEPI’s Research Preparedness Programme is strengthening clinical trial infrastructure, systems and skills at frontline sites across West Africa.
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MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We are excited to share the launch of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital clinical trial centre! Proud to have partnered with @cepi.net to strengthen #ClinicalTrials capacity & #EpidemicPreparedness efforts in #WestAfrica. #ClinicalResearch #Partnerships #ResearchCapacity
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CEPI @cepi.net · 02/07/2026
CEPI has announced updates to its Scientific Advisory Committee, an external expert group providing independent scientific guidance across R&D programmes and outbreak preparedness activities. More: cepi.net/new-experts-...
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New experts appointed to CEPI’s Scientific Advisory Committee
CEPI has announced updates to its Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), an external expert group providing independent scientific guidance across R&D programmes and outbreak preparedness activities.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/07/2026
CEPI's latest newsletter is now available 🗞️ Dive in to explore the latest in epidemic and pandemic preparedness, including CEPI's Global Vaccine Manufacturing Summit, new investments to combat the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak, CEPI 3.0 campaign updates and more.
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Vaccine manufacturing: the bridge between science and impact
CEPI convened the Global Vaccine Manufacturing Summit 2026 in London, UK, on 17th June. For the first time, financing institutions, vaccine developers, regulators, manufacturers, philanthropies and gl...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 30/06/2026
Earlier this month, researchers in our Preclinical Model and Centralised Laboratory Networks met up in Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss how they can strengthen collaboration and make the goal of developing a vaccine in 100 days a reality. Discover more in this Q+A: cepi.net/lab-scientis...
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The lab scientists banding together to test new outbreak-busting vaccines
We're using knowledge built from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen the networks evaluating vaccine candidates that could fight the next big outbreak.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 03/06/2026
New funding from CEPI will help take a promising nanoparticle vaccine platform into early clinical development, with the aim of speeding up how we respond to future outbreaks. More ⬇️
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CEPI funds next phase of nanoparticle vaccine platform to support rapid outbreak response
New funding will support the continued development of a pioneering vaccine platform.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
🔉 CEPI is urgently accelerating the development of three investigational vaccine candidates towards clinical trials in response to the deeply concerning Bundibugyo ebolavirus epidemic. More in the press release ⬇️
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CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates
CEPI funding will advance vaccine candidates towards clinical trials as quickly as possible.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
CEPI's latest newsletter is now available! From funding to accelerate clinical develop of three #Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidates to renewed commitments to support CEPI 3.0, a lot has happened over the last month. Catch up: www.linkedin.com/pulse/bundib...
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As Bundibugyo virus spreads, CEPI accelerates new vaccine candidates
A rapidly escalating epidemic of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has triggered public health emergency declarations from both Africa CDC and WHO. This is now t...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
CEPI has launched an urgent Call for Proposals seeking to accelerate early‑stage vaccine candidates against Bundibugyo virus (BDBV). Eligibility and how to apply: cepi.my.site.com/call-for-pro...
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Welcome to the CEPI Portal
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
CEPI has launched an urgent Call for Proposals seeking to accelerate early‑stage vaccine candidates against Bundibugyo virus (BDBV). Eligibility and how to apply: cepi.my.site.com/call-for-pro...
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Welcome to the CEPI Portal
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
CEPI's latest newsletter is now available! From funding to accelerate clinical develop of three #Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidates to renewed commitments to support CEPI 3.0, a lot has happened over the last month. Catch up: www.linkedin.com/pulse/bundib...
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As Bundibugyo virus spreads, CEPI accelerates new vaccine candidates
A rapidly escalating epidemic of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has triggered public health emergency declarations from both Africa CDC and WHO. This is now t...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
CEPI's latest newsletter is now available! From funding to accelerate clinical development of three #Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidates to renewed commitments to support CEPI 3.0, a lot has happened over the last month. Catch up: www.linkedin.com/pulse/bundib...
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As Bundibugyo virus spreads, CEPI accelerates new vaccine candidates
A rapidly escalating epidemic of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has triggered public health emergency declarations from both Africa CDC and WHO. This is now t...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
🔉 CEPI is urgently accelerating the development of three investigational vaccine candidates towards clinical trials in response to the deeply concerning Bundibugyo ebolavirus epidemic. More in the press release ⬇️
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CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates
CEPI funding will advance vaccine candidates towards clinical trials as quickly as possible.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 21/05/2026
The next pandemic could begin anywhere, at any moment. And the risk of a deadly outbreak is only rising. But it doesn’t have to be that way. CEPI 3.0 is our plan to move the world from reactive response to proactive protection.
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EU in Emergencies @euinemergencies.ec.europa.eu · 19/05/2026
The @ec.europa.eu announced €73.7m in #HorizonEurope support to @cepi.net for 2026–2027. Part of the #EU’s new Global Health Resilience Initiative, this funding will support vaccine R&D and help strengthen #preparedness when new health threats emerge👇 #WHA79 @florikafinkhooijer.bsky.social
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CEPI @cepi.net · 19/05/2026
Europe is reinforcing its commitment to a world protected from epidemic and pandemic threats as current outbreaks underscore the persistent risk posed by infectious diseases. Today at #WHA79, the @ec.europa.eu announced €73.7 million commitment to CEPI for 2026 and 2027. 🇪🇺 More: bit.ly/4dxBcdE
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CEPI @cepi.net · 19/05/2026
Singapore is strengthening global defences against future epidemic and pandemic threats. Today at #WHA79, Singapore pledged US$12 million to support our CEPI 3.0 strategy—a powerful signal of leadership from a global innovation hub. 🇸🇬 More: bit.ly/4dxBcdE
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CEPI @cepi.net · 19/05/2026
At #WHA79 in Geneva, we were honoured to welcome major new financial commitments from the European Union (€73.7 million) and Singapore (US$12 million) to support our work to transform the world’s ability to prevent and respond to epidemic and pandemic threats.
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European Union and Singapore Back CEPI’s Plan to Boost Global Defences Against Epidemic and Pandemic Threats
Major new investments bolster global coalition's five-year plan to develop vaccines against the most dangerous pathogens and transform the world’s ability to tackle epidemic and pandemic threats.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 19/05/2026
LIVE: watch our official #WHA79 side event entitled: “From Outbreak Response to System Readiness: Building the Global and Regional Capabilities to Stop Pandemic Threats in 100 Days” Click the link to watch in real time 📺 bit.ly/4eReCPm
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PATH @path.org · 15/05/2026
📣Call for Proposals now open. @cepi.net + PATH seek technical partners for the Biospecimen Sourcing Initiative to enable rapid collection of and access to survivor samples for faster outbreak response. Please share this opportunity across your networks. 🔗Apply: bit.ly/4nLHBGV
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CEPI @cepi.net · 15/05/2026
The hantavirus outbreak has raised familiar questions: what if this were something more transmissible, something with pandemic potential? Speaking to BBC Inside Science, CEPI’s Dr Nicole Lurie explored exactly that scenario, outlining how the world could respond if faced with a new “Disease X”.
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The science behind hantavirus
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CEPI @cepi.net · 13/05/2026
Dr Nicole Lurie: we must be "poised and ready." The #hantavirus outbreak is a reminder that preparedness must begin before a crisis. CEPI is already supporting early vaccine building blocks needed to give the world a head start if the threat escalates ⬇️
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What the Hantavirus outbreak tells us about preparing for Disease X
The outbreak underscores why pandemic preparedness needs to start long before a public health emergency is declared.
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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 11/05/2026
Thank you to @cepi.net for highlighting our efforts to help prevent the next major coronavirus outbreak. Made-in-Canada science has a critical role to play in protecting the health of people, animals and communities around the world. cepi.net/inside-vidos... @usask.ca
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Inside VIDO’s work to stay ahead of the next pandemic
From cutting edge preclinical models to ambitious next generation vaccines, researchers at VIDO are working with CEPI to help the world move faster - and smarter - when the next pandemic threat emerg...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 08/05/2026
We sat down with CEPI’s Director of R&D programmes, Dr Mandeep Singh Dhingra, MD, for the first instalment of our new CEPI 3.0 explainer series to learn more about the viral family approach and its role in the CEPI 3.0 Strategy: cepi.net/cepi-30-expl...
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