‘PentaTr@ining: Viral Hepatitis in Children’ – online course launches!
05 Dec, 2022
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…
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World AIDS Day 2022: Is HIV cure attainable in our lifetime?
30 Nov, 2022
In the lead-up to #WorldAIDSDay2022, people wonder, is an HIV cure attainable in our lifetime? Yes, we believe there are good reasons to be optimistic about a cure!
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: tackling antimicrobial resistance in children and neonates
24 Nov, 2022
18 to 24 November is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week – a global campaign that every year provides an opportunity to improve awareness and understanding of the burden of antimicrobial resistance…
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NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network kicks off its activities
23 Nov, 2022
On World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, NeoIPC kicked off its activities related to the Clinical Practice Network (CPN). The CPN brings together clinicians from over 35 neonatal intensive care units…
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A glimpse into a Penta Youth Trial Boards Meeting
15 Nov, 2022
The Penta Youth Trials Board (YTB) is made up of young people aged between 15 – 19 from South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the UK. The YTBs ensure that children and young people…
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EPIICAL General Assembly meeting to reaffirm mission to achieve HIV remission in children
14 Nov, 2022
The EPIICAL General Assembly was held online and in person in Venice on 2-4 November 2022. It brought together 80 participants from 29 organisations from the EPIICAL consortium. Attendees came…
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Join our next Penta Aperitivo on 10 November 2022!
04 Nov, 2022
The Penta Aperitivo webinars are here to keep you up to date with the latest Penta activities and on the new developments on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases in children. The…
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Science4Pandemics presents two Citizen Science projects
04 Nov, 2022
The digital platform Science4Pandemics, in which we are a partner, has launched two new citizen science projects for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, as well as their parents, to collaborate with…
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PentaTr@ining: HIV & other Congenital Infections draws to a close
31 Oct, 2022
This year’s edition of our innovative training course “PentaTr@ining: HIV & other Congenital Infections” finally drew to a close at the end of September, and we are delighted to report…
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Integrating Social Sciences into clinical research: an opportunity for achieving greater impact
28 Sep, 2022
Quantitative and qualitative data have a mutually beneficial relationship. Quantitative data need the depth of qualitative evidence to be adequately interpreted, and qualitative evidence benefits from being based on robust…
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Penta endorses the People First Charter
27 Sep, 2022
The People First Charter was launched on 20th July 2021 to promote person-first language in the field of HIV. We are proud to endorse this much-needed charter which will ensure…
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PentaTr@ining: Fungal Infections in Paediatrics – Online course kicks off
19 Sep, 2022
On September 19, 2022, we kicked off our exciting new online course, “Fungal Infections in Paediatrics” on our PentaTr@ining platform, with over 100 delegates logging in from across the world.…
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Join one of the UK’s leading Clinical Trials Units
15 Sep, 2022
The position of Senior Clinical Research Fellow is now available at the MRC CTU. The position is open to clinicians with experience in the management of infectious diseases, in particular…
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Dolutegravir-based HIV treatment is better for babies and young children
31 Aug, 2022
Babies and young children treated with the anti-HIV drug dolutegravir, in combination with other anti-HIV drugs, are more likely to keep the virus under control, compared to those treated with…
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Registrations are open for the PentaTr@ining course: ‘Fungal Infections in Paediatrics’
18 Aug, 2022
We are happy to announce that registrations are now open for our new interactive training course ‘Fungal Infections in Paediatrics‘! Building on the combined expertise within the European Paediatric Mycology…
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CARMA Global sites prepared and ready to enrol
11 Aug, 2022
CARMA Global is an EPIICAL cross-sectional, multi-country, multi-site, low interventional study on children, adolescents and youth who started ART at three months or younger at least seven years ago and…
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Penta endorses the International workshop on HIV and adolescence
26 Jul, 2022
We are proud to endorse the International Workshop on HIV and adolescents taking place from 5-6 October 2022, in Cape Town, South Africa. The workshop brings together experts from across…
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PentaTr@ining holds first-ever jointly hosted course in Africa
26 Jul, 2022
The PentaTr@ining Zambia-Tanzania 2022 course was held on 18-20 July. It was Penta’s first-ever jointly hosted training course in Africa and it counted more than 200 participants with nearly 150…
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