IVVN Female Fellowship Awards - for female LMIC researchers focusing on veterinary vaccine development - 28 Sept 2018
EDCTP: Diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases - for validation of the clinical performance and/or implementation of new or improved diagnostic tools and technologies for the detection of any PRDs - 11 Oct 2018
Last, but not least, on Twitter we've spotted: an overview video explaining leprosy; news that the Serbia measles outbreak has caused 15 deaths, with 33% of patients requiring hospitalisation; worrying comments by Italy's new Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, who dismissed mandatory vaccinations as "useless and in many cases dangerous"; grants available for public engagement from the BSI; GAVI's 'Monday motivation' that vaccines save 3 million lives every year; news that a polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea; and the UKRI policy internship scheme for PhD students funded by the Research Councils has now opened. Follow @NetworkValidate to easily keep up to date with all our news at VALIDATE and for vaccine development.