The British Medical Journal (BMJ) recently published an opinion piece on the need for a global framework for promoting safe handling of high consequence pathogens (doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1855 published 23 August 2024). Indeed, emerging infectious diseases are on the rise. An active surveillance and proactive pathogen research is critical for preventing pandemics, but must be supported […]

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s recently updated framework for pathogen prioritization highlights a significant shift towards a family -and prototype pathogen-based approach in pandemic preparedness and response research & development. Focusing on entire viral families and one bacterial group, rather than individual pathogens, the report underscores the necessity of global collaboration in research and development, […]

The 2024 BSL4ZNet International Conference is taking place in September 2024. This year’s theme is « Emerging disease meets innovative science« . The Biosafety Level 4 Zoonotic Laboratory Network (BSL4ZNet) is a network of animal and public health organizations from 5 countries. It was established to respond to current and emerging high-consequence bio-threats using a One Health […]

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20/03/2024, Paris, France ERINHA (European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents) is proud to announce its role in co-coordinating the CCHFVACIM project, a groundbreaking collaborative initiative, financed under Horizon Europe, aimed at developing prophylactic and therapeutic countermeasures against the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV). CCHFV is a highly threatening vector-borne pathogen with a wide distribution, […]

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Six years after its 2nd edition, the 3rd International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from September 19-21, 2023. The conference, sponsored by ERINHA, brought together around 100 participants including international public health professionals, clinicians, ecologists and laboratory researchers, as well as representatives from international bodies such as WHO. Meeting sessions […]

ERINHA participated in European research infrastructures events hosted in Tenerife under the auspices of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union:  the high-level conference on Research Infrastructures “Global dimension and sustainability of research infrastructures”, held from 25 to 26 September, and the 2nd ESFRI Stakeholders Forum Meetup, held on 27 September. The high-level […]