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June 25, 2025

JUA KIVU at the EDCTP Forum 2025

Twelfth EDCTP Forum (15-20 June 2025, Kigali, Rwanda) was a unique platform for policymakers, researchers and stakeholders to advance global health through policy debates, scientific workshops and networking (EDCTP | Better healththrough globalresearch partnerships). JUA KIVU was well presented at this event as shown in the pictures below (photos taken from the Global Health EDCTP3 Newsletter, Twelfth EDCTP Forum by Global Health EDCTP3). Néhémie Nzoyikorera (National Public Health Institute of Burundi, Burundi) and Pacifique Ndishimye (Stansile, Rwanda) orally presented exciting new JUA KIVU results, while Bas Oude Munnink and Luca Zaeck presented posters.

May 12, 2025

JUA KIVU Press Release

MPOX EMERGENCY OUTBREAK RESEARCHED BY EUROPEAN-AFRICAN CONSORTIUM

Rotterdam, May 2025 – In October 2024 JUA KIVU has been established – a consortium of researchers from five African and three European partners that conducts mpox emergency outbreak research. The aim is to better understand the dynamics of the ongoing mpox outbreak in the from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other countries in the African Great Lakes region. JUA KIVU will provide evidence-based support for the containment of Mpox – build on ongoing activities and cross-border collaborations between the local African and European partners, as well as local frontline health authorities and healthcare professionals.