We would like to invite hospitals to participate in a study of mpox in children and adolescents globally. This mpox paediatric and adolescent clinical study is a Joint EU Clinical Research…
The VERDI Consortium, coordinated by the University of Padua and Fondazione Penta ETS (Italy), has received an additional €5 million funding from the European Union (EU). Thanks to this contribution,…
We are pleased to announce that Fondazione Penta has been registered in the Italian Registry of Third Sector Entities (RUNTS). Registration with RUNTS does not entail any legal changes, besides…
On 9 March 2023, the NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network held a webinar titled “Protecting our tiniest patients: Strategies for managing NICU outbreaks”. The event was a great success, with 78…
On February 20th 2023, we kicked off our exciting brand-new PentaTr@ining programme ‘AMR Online Course’. This innovative training will offer a bespoke interactive learning platform for a global audience, ensuring the sharing…
Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are essential facilities for preterm and sick newborns. Unfortunately, NICUs are also exposed to infectious disease outbreaks that may put these tiny patients at risk. …
We are excited to share that our partner, MRC CTU at UCL, launched the MRC Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU) has launched a Capacity Strengthening Hub on 31st January! The aim of…
We are happy to announce that registrations are now open* for our new interactive training programme – ‘PentaTr@ining: AMR Online Course’! This timely course brings together doctors, nurses, pharmacists and…
A new project, Training and capacity building in antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control in children through an interactive electronic tool and a European collaborative group – in short TEAM-COACH (GA 101079939)- has…
One of the objectives of the RBDCOV project is to test whether their vaccine can reactivate or re-generate a protective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals Accordingly,…
We are pleased to have reached the two-thirds recruitment milestone with more than 750 children admitted to hospital with severe or very severe pneumonia, now recruited into the PediCAP trial.…
Welcome to the of the “Get to know the UNIVERSAL project” series! Here we will introduce you to the various work packages and facets that make up the UNIVERSAL project.…
It’s been an incredible year, and Penta is well and thriving. We have worked hard and accomplished so much, none of which would have been possible without our partners, collaborators…
Welcome to the “Get to know the UNIVERSAL project” series! Here we will introduce you to the various work packages and facets that make up the UNIVERSAL project. Assessing the…
The first ever edition of our brand-new online training course ‘Fungal Infections in Paediatrics’ came to a close on 15th December 2022. We are delighted to report we had an…
The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) Antibiotic Book has been recently published on the WHO website. It is the first global guidance on antibiotic use to treat more than 30…
Leading public health experts from around the globe are calling for urgent action to develop antibiotics for newborn babies, a population that is particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance. The urgent…
On 5th December 2022, over 200 delegates from around the globe logged in for the kick-off of our exciting new online training course “PentaTr@ining: Viral Hepatitis in Children”. This interactive course, run on the dedicated PentaTr@ining virtual learning platform, will provide a space for students and faculty to work together and collaboratively solve problems…