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First patient enrolled in PediCAP trial

17 Dec, 2020

We are proud to announce that on the 7th of December 2020, the PediCAP team at Makerere University at the China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru (Kampala, Uganda) recruited the very first…
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Pablo Rojo & Anna Turkova comment on HIV drug optimisation for adolescents living with HIV

11 Dec, 2020

Pablo Rojo, and Anna Turkova – members of Penta ID network have provided some rationale, and highlighted some challenges related to including adolescents in HIV clinical phase 3 trials of…
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Cascade of care in children and adolescents with HIV in the Russian Federation

10 Dec, 2020

The Cascade of Care, more commonly known as the HIV care continuum, is a calculation of how many people in a specific population diagnosed with HIV are initially linked to…
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ORCHESTRA starts to play! A new project to tackle the coronavirus pandemic

04 Dec, 2020

The project ORCHESTRA aims to efficiently generate rigorous evidence to improve the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and to rapidly provide a structured platform to test vaccine as soon as…
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Celebrating #WorldAidsDay – Gianni’s ‘Looking for Lydia’ Documentary

01 Dec, 2020

Gianni Ferraretto, an Italian filmmaker, visited Kampala, Uganda three times between 2009 and 2019 to uncover the story of young people living with HIV.
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WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) New Antibiotic User Guide

19 Nov, 2020

On November 23rd, 2020, the World Health Organisation will be hosting a webinar on the Essential Medicines List (EML) new Antibiotic User Guide.
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European Medicines Agency approves use of Dolutegravir 5 mg dispersible tablet for younger children living with HIV

19 Nov, 2020

On November 12th, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation for dolutegravir 5mg dispersible tablets…
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#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs)

19 Nov, 2020

In the spirit of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, we’d like to share a summary of the findings from the “Implementation and Impact of Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Systematic Scoping…
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Irja Lutsar has been elected as Estonia’s Woman of the Year

10 Nov, 2020

Professor Irja Lutsar, a prominent and active member of the Penta network for many years, has been elected as Estonia’s Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women…
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Louise Hill Presents NeoVanc Sub-study Results at ESPID 2020

10 Nov, 2020

Louise Hill presented the findings of a NeoVanc sub-study at ESPID’s 2020 Virtual Meeting in late October. Below is a summary of the study and findings. Enterococcus (a bacterium) and…
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RESCEU: Fighting Respiratory Syncytial Virus and its economic impact

05 Nov, 2020

Europe’s project RESCEU sheds new light on the fight against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and its economic impact
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PentaTr@ining 2020 online training course kicks off!

02 Nov, 2020

Our completely revamped online training course PentaTr@ining 2020: ‘HIV & other Congenital Infections’ kicks off today!
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Launch of Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations (GAP-f) by WHO

26 Oct, 2020

Penta is the lead of the Clinical Research Working Group for the newly launched Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations (GAP-f), a network led by the World Health Organisation.
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c4c publishes first peer reviewed publication

16 Oct, 2020

The c4c project, co-coordinated by Penta together with Janssen, Bayer and the University of Liverpool, has had its first review, titled “European research networks to facilitate drug research in children”,…
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Penta Projects in Schools: What do young people know about HIV?

16 Oct, 2020

Authors: Elena Mozzo; Valentina Ortolan; Elena Badio; Federica Batterman; and Chiara Novello In October 2019, Penta began hosting HIV educational sessions in 5 high schools in Padova, Italy. From October…
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How European Paediatric emergency departments responded to the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

15 Oct, 2020

Between February and May 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sent out a survey to all European paediatric sites within the Penta ID research network. The…
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World Patient Safety Day | 2020

16 Sep, 2020

Now is the time to “Speak up for health worker safety!” Working in stressful environments makes health workers more prone to errors which can lead to patient harm.
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World Sepsis Day

11 Sep, 2020

The 13th September marks World Sepsis Day. Infectious diseases remains a leading cause of death for children.
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