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We are pleased to invite you to the kick-off of #BetterDrugs4Kids, GAP-f’s new quarterly webinar series on paediatric drug optimization, featuring deep dives on paediatric drug prioritization,

The anti-HIV drug Dolutegravir improves outcomes for children with HIV infection when given in a 3-drug combination. These results come from the ODYSSEY trial which was presented yesterday at the…

The 13th international workshop on HIV Pediatrics will be held virtually on 16 July 2021. Researchers from around the world are invited to submit their abstracts for presentation on one…

March 2020

We recently met with Carlo Giaquinto – Penta President and Francesco Bonfante – Virologist at IZSVe to have some scientific opinion on Covid 19 testing.

Penta is the coordinator for the newly funded EDCTP project – UNIVERSAL!  Later in the day, we will be speaking with partners at the official kick-off meeting.

Penta joins our colleagues across the world in mourning the passing of our friend and research collaborator, Professor James Hakim, who died on 26 January 2021 from COVID-19 complications. He…

In December 2020 Penta held its annual Scientific Meeting. Despite the unusual get together due to COVID-19, we shared great science together. Among the experts invited was Timo Vesikari, a…

We met Martina Penazzato her and asked her thoughts on what urgent action we need to take to end AIDS in children.

In these difficult times, it is important to remain focused on improving outcomes for children with serious multidrug-resistant infections globally. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a substantial threat to the Sustainable…

On 12 January 2021, the European Medicine Agency approved the use of dolutegravir 5mg dispersible tablets for treating HIV in young children living in Europe. This decision was based, in…

November 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…

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…

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…

Gianni Ferraretto, an Italian filmmaker, visited Kampala, Uganda three times between 2009 and 2019 to uncover the story of young people living with HIV.

On November 23rd, 2020, the World Health Organisation will be hosting a webinar on the Essential Medicines List (EML) new Antibiotic User Guide.

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…