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We are pleased to announce that the poster “SARS-CoV-2 Infection Incidence and Severity in Immunocompromised Children: A Population-Based Study in Italy and Norway” has received the Best Poster Award from the ESPID Committee for…

We are pleased to announce the successful completion of recruitment for the HVRRICANE study. The study, a collaboration between Penta, Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital in Rome (OPBG), the Henry M.…

EPIICAL’s EARTH Study reveals challenges persist for infants in Africa with HIV despite early treatment The EARTH study findings published in eClinical Medicine shed light on the ongoing struggle for…

This article originally appeared on Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine. In the 1980s, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, Professor Carlo Giaquinto was starting out as a…

The PediCAP consortium, a global partnership of 14 institutions, presented promising results from its main trial, PediCAP-A, at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID Global) conference…

Today marks International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day – an important day dedicated to raising awareness of the benefits of skin-to-skin contact on newborns, especially those born prematurely.  Prematurity is a…

This World Immunisation Week, Penta – Child Health Research proudly recognises 50 years of progress in child immunisation and the power of vaccines in protecting preventable diseases. Vaccination programs worldwide…

The pursuit of global health is a noble endeavour, but one often compromised by glaring disparities. Advancements, while crucial, frequently prioritise adult populations, leaving children and pregnant people with limited…

The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Penta and the Health Research Authority have produced a new animated video to help children and young people understand GDPR when they are…

Padua, 8 March 2024 — The Penta Foundation, an independent research organisation on infectious diseases in children and pregnancy, is proud to announce that it has obtained the UNI/Pdr 125:2022…

CoMeCT, short for Coordination Mechanism for Cohorts and Trials, is a new EU-funded project aiming to strengthen European preparedness and response capacity for future health emergencies. Over the next three…

Penta – Child Health Research announced a new collaboration with IAVI and Achilles Vaccines to accelerate the development of treatments for HIV, emerging infections and neglected diseases affecting children. This…

This week, expert scientists and clinicians from PediCAP and SNIP-AFRICA, two major research partnerships combatting antimicrobial resistance, convene in Johannesburg to present groundbreaking results and ways to advance antibiotic research…

For the past 6 years, Penta has run an initiative called the Youth Trial Boards (YTB), a platform for adolescents who are living with specific health conditions to actively participate…

The NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network successfully hosted a webinar on 23 November 2023, addressing the critical topic of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in newborns. With 130 participants attending the online…

The CARMA Global study, part of the EPIICAL project, has successfully met its recruitment target and recruited 99 children and adolescents living with HIV from across the globe. The study…

In recent years, advancements in medical research have paved the way for an array of treatment options for children living with HIV. The efforts of scientists and researchers globally, have…

The PediCAP project, dedicated to investigating antibiotic therapy for severe and very severe childhood community-acquired pneumonia, actively participated in the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) forum held…