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Today marks the start of a series of dissemination webinars covering different modules of the Paediatric ARV Working Group (PAWG) toolkit. The toolkit has been organized by the Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations (GAP-f).

On 28th September, in over 340 cities all across Europe and in neighbouring countries, EU-funded scientists will present their work to the public through fun learning activities. European Researchers’ Night is an open science event that makes science and the work of scientists familiar to audiences all over Europe. Over the course of the day and throughout the night, children, adolescents, adults, older people, students and entrepreneurs can get to know more about science through workshops, meetings with researchers, lectures and laboratory visits.

UNICEF’s new report, Women: At the heart of the HIV response for children, highlights the sobering fact that, contrary to popular opinion, the AIDS crisis is far from over. Even as the disease beats a slow retreat due to the significant and commendable progress on many fronts in the last decade, it still strikes at people of all ages, including babies, young children and particularly adolescents.

Today is World Sepsis Day! Held on September 13th every year, it is and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis. Sepsis accounts for at least 8 million deaths worldwide annually.

An informative meeting about access to children’s medicines will be held in Brussels on 25th-26th October, 2018. The paediatrics conference “Better Medicines for Children Conference – From Development to Access” is an annual event jointly organised by EFGCP and DIA with a focus on new developments in children medicine.

We are delighted to bring you the news that successful randomisation of over 50% of NeoVanc’s target has been achieved.

Children react differently to medicines than adults, which is why it is important that medicines are properly studied and demonstrated to be safe and effective for minors.