Professor Catriona Waitt discusses the importance of access to research
Access to information is an important consideration in various communities, but in the pharmaceutical research community, this idea needs to extend further to equitable access to research. Though not the only cause, a firm base of equal access to research is necessary in the work to eradicate global medical inequity.
Posted on: 28 September 2024
A celebration of LONGEVITY’s research partners
In April for World Health Day, we highlighted the LONGEVITY partners and their commitment to equitable healthcare access. This will always be at the heart of all of LONGEVITY’s work, and we want to highlight the underpinning health research, specifically in medicine development. We thought it was a good time to spotlight the importance of LONGEVITY’s research partners as an example of how the Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics (CELT) works collaboratively to reach our goals in global health.
Posted on: 22 August 2024
For World Hepatitis Day 2024 we highlight the exciting findings we presented at CROI
28 July is World Hepatitis Day. Hepatitis C virus is one of the three diseases the LONGEVITY project is working to be part of the eradication effort for, so we wanted to update you on recent findings in our long-acting therapeutics research.
Posted on: 28 July 2024
An update on our malaria work for World Malaria Day 2024
We’re using World Malaria Day to highlight our new part in the world’s ongoing efforts to eradicate malaria.
Posted on: 25 April 2024
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A celebration of our partners for World Health Day 2024
Sunday 7 April was World Health Day where we recognise the work being done to address global needs in health.
Posted on: 8 April 2024
World Tuberculosis Day 2024: An update of our work at CROI
Every 24 March we commemorate World TB Day with the World Health Organisation. The theme for 2024 is ‘Yes! We can stop TB!’ and we wanted to update you on how we are playing our part in making that statement a reality.
Posted on: 22 March 2024
CELT celebrates Healthcare Science Week 2024 with Professor Saye Khoo
Healthcare Science Week is a week dedicated to celebrating the work of over fifty scientific specialisms and professional groups that make up the National Health Service’s diverse workforce.
Posted on: 15 March 2024
Invest, Innovate and Implement – How LONGEVITY can help deliver ZERO malaria
World Malaria Day was established to provide education and understanding of malaria. Each year the Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics (CELT) takes this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to revolutionising malaria prevention and control to reduce the malaria burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The theme this year is “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement” – Three aspects that are critical to our strategy to reduce the malaria burden.
Posted on: 24 April 2023
Fighting on the front-line – Empowering communities to drive long-acting injectable innovation
The latest WHO World Malaria Report indicates that Africa carries a disproportionately high burden of malaria with 95% of malaria cases and 96% of malaria deaths occurring in this region with children under 5 accounted for about 80% of all malaria deaths on the continent. It is now more important than ever that more investment in innovation and implementation of more effective prevention strategies for low- and middle-income countries.
Posted on: 24 April 2023
