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Report: 2021 AAI Annual Report
In 2021, BVGH made even more substantial moves to change the cancer narrative in Africa. With collaboration from AAI partners, African oncologists, nurses, pharmacists, medical physicists, pathologists, radiotherapy technicians, and more from across the globe attended digital lectures and exchanged knowledge with other passionate, world-class cancer experts. Cancer incidence and mortality across Africa continue to grow at a rapid rate. Consistent and long-term investments and commitments from all health sectors are needed to adequately position African countries to manage their cancer patients and reduce mortality rates. Read here.
Article: “Building a cancer center around patients in Nigeria”
BIO.News writes on the Listening to our AAI hospitals’ needs is the first step in helping achieve their goals for patients. Read how NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre is employing public-private partnerships, including an investment by National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to become a cancer center of excellence. Read here.
Article: “Rwanda fights cervical cancer with information”
BIO.News writes on the success of the Education, Screen, and Treat (EST) program to fight cervical cancer in Rwanda. As of the writing of this article, 6,567 women in Bugesera District have been screened with the work of BVGH and its partners Rwanda Biomedical Centre, GardaWorld, Johnson & Johnson, and Faber Daeufer & Intrato. Read here.

Read an in-depth report detailing the current state of the fight against cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and featuring AAI researchers and hospitals who, with facilitation from BVGH, have implemented successful programs to improve cancer care and research. Read here.

BVGH President & CEO, Jennifer Dent, and AAI Partner, Dr. Faruk Mohammed, discuss the steps taken to kick off the pilot drug access program in Nigeria and plans to roll the program out in other countries.
2020 BVGH Partnership Hub Annual Report
During the COVID-19 pandemic, WIPO Re:Search is more important than ever in the fight against NTDs, malaria, and tuberculosis. Read more about our partnerships and progress in the 2020 BVGH Partnership Hub Annual Report.
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Article: IP to Beat TB: How Efforts to Curb Tuberculosis are Being Fueled by a Collaborative IP Ecosystem
US Chamber of Commerce’s Patrick Kilbride discusses the importance of WIPO Re:Search and explains why collaboration and innovation in research are the only way TB will experience a breakthrough in research.
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McGill Perspectives on Global Health
Canadian investigators partner through WIPO Re:Search to improve diagnosis of Chagas disease-a significant public health problem in Latin America
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2020 BVGH Partnership Hub Mid-Year Report
During the COVID-19 pandemic, WIPO Re:Search is more important than ever in the fight against NTDs, malaria, and tuberculosis. Read more about our partnerships and progress in the 2020 BVGH Partnership Hub Mid-Year Report.
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2019 Partnership Hub Annual Report
WIPO Re:Search has come a long way in the eight years since our launch and our commitment to the health of underserved communities has never
wavered. Read more about our partnerships and progress in the 2019 BVGH Partnership Hub Annual Report. Read more.
WIPO Re:Search Partnership Stories 2016-2019
In this publication, BVGH brings to life the WIPO Re:Search portfolio of 155 R&D collaborations focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of some of the world’s most-devastating diseases. The stories show how global cross-sector collaborations are driving R&D for neglected infectious diseases. Read more.WIPO Re:Search: Advancing Product Development for Neglected Infectious Diseases through Global Public-Private Partnerships
This publication highlights seven exciting drug development collaborations that are advancing solutions to some of the world’s most pernicious diseases. Each featured collaboration has achieved key R&D milestones and has been advanced and de-risked through WIPO Re:Search. Read more.
TropMed Special Edition Book – Prospects for Schistosomiasis Elimination
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease has published their special edition on schistosomiasis, featuring a BVGH peer-reviewed publication: “WIPO Re:Search—A Platform for Product-Centered Cross-Sector Partnerships for the Elimination of Schistosomiasis.” Read more.
2019 BVGH Partnership Hub Mid-Year Report
BVGH established 14 new collaborations in the first half of 2019, spanning 22 companies and academic/non-profit organizations, 11 countries – 6 of which are disease-endemic – and 7 diseases.
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