This starts with communities. It doesn’t start in front of a computer sitting here in Seattle or sitting in Geneva. You have to be inside the community. You have to be where the problems are. Professor Samba Sow Director General, CVD-Mali
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CVD-Mali news
“Indiscriminately saving lives since 1796”
Here at CVD-Mali, vaccine development is our bread and butter and we welcome every opportunity, and World Immunization Week in particular, to shine a light on the amazing, life-changing power and potential of vaccines and vaccination. In all our work, over the course of 20 years trialling, developing, and introducing […]
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Professor Sow receives Speak Up Africa Award
We are very pleased to announce that Professor Samba Sow, Director General of CVD-Mali, has been awarded the Speak Up Africa Leadership Award for 2021. Launched in 2019, this award aims to recognise and celebrate institutions and individuals who demonstrate exemplary leadership in sustainable development and whose initiatives are having […]
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Solidarity Trial Vaccines to combat Covid-19 launched in Mali
WHO and the Ministries of Health of Colombia, Mali and the Philippines have announced the official launch of the Solidarity Trial Vaccines study. CVD-Mali is very proud to manage and implement the trial in Mali on behalf of the national government. Solidarity Trial Vaccines is an international randomised clinical trial […]
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Professor Sow and CVD-Mali receive dual honours
CVD-Mali’s Director General, Professor Samba Sow, has today been honoured both by the Government of Mali and the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (USA) for work in public health and emergency preparedness. In a ceremony in Bamako, Professor Sow was made a Commander of the National Order of Mali. Prestigious […]
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CVD-Mali joins global WHO Solidarity trial
CVD-Mali and the Malian government are delighted to be taking part in WHO’s global trial of new therapeutic treatments for COVID-19. The Solidarity PLUS trial for promising drugs will be conducted in 52 countries worldwide and is an unprecedented global collaboration for COVID-19 research and development. The Solidarity therapeutics trial […]
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WHO Special Envoys on Covid-19 advocate for vaccine equity
Professor Samba Sow and the other WHO Special Envoys on COVID-19 recently published an important call for vaccine equity in a number of leading global publications. Their analysis is available in French, Arabic, Spanish and other languages. Reproduced below, it can also be read in English on the website of […]
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In praise of vaccines
For our team here at CVD-Mali, World Immunization Week is always a notable event on the calendar. As the Center for Vaccine Development in Mali, our core work has always revolved around the development, trial and implementation of safe and effective vaccines, in Mali primarily but also in the wider […]
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Working together for better health and fairer societies
At CVD-Mali we are very fortunate to be working at the moment on many different health-related projects. These include vaccine development trials, a leprosy treatment trial, maternal and child health trials as well as ongoing work on surveillance and analysis of COVID-19 in Malian communities. As always, we carry out […]
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