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The October Vaccine Delivery Research Digest includes a case study on the complexities of vaccination governance in conflict-affected areas, +14 more of this month’s most important #vaccine articles. Read more here: bit.ly/4h8chhC. Violaine Mitchell

The November Vaccine Digest includes a global cost-effectiveness analysis of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine among children, +14 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/3ZedHjO. Violaine Mitchell

The START Center Center was tasked by the Gates Foundation to conducted a comprehensive analysis of gaps in the Women’s Health R&D workforce, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, through a review of published & grey literature. Read more here: bit.ly/3OHmCUW

Wonderful spotlight on START Center alumni Cami Rencken. Excited to see your trajectory in this field.

The December Vaccine Digest includes an update on the progress toward measles elimination worldwide, +14 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/3VR5lMV. Violaine Mitchell

January's Vaccine Digest includes a #systematicreview of vaccine coverage & access among migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North Africa, +13 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/3PCdX6s. Violaine Mitchell

February's Vaccine Digest includes an overview of RSV biology, infection epidemiology & strategies to manage or prevent infection, +13 more of the month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/4cwh7TT

March's Vaccine Digest includes the design & evaluation of a health facility assessment tool for maternal immunization readiness in Kenya and Bangladesh, +13 more of the month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/43U7E6P

The April Vaccine Digest includes a meta-analysis of childhood vaccine coverage in LMICs, completed using demographic and health survey reports, +13 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/4cBOXXF. Violaine Mitchell

The May Vaccine Digest includes insights from a successful school-based vaccination campaign in the Saa health district of Cameroon, +13 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/4kxuxlC. Violaine Mitchell

The START Center Center was tasked by the Gates Foundation to conduct a scoping review to map the existing lit on LNG PK in groups w/pathophysiology theorized/understood to impact drug PK, and ID any gaps & relevant PK data in the lit. Read more here: bit.ly/4kuaLaw

The Gates Foundation tasked START Center to conduct a rapid review to identify "gold standard" drugs in malaria, TB, HIV, & women’s health, quantifying data availability & assessing high-quality sources for AI-driven regulatory review. Read more here: bit.ly/43zksOe

The START Center was tasked by Gates Foundation to conduct a SA of diagnostics representation in pub lit across 7 priority disease areas, focused on LMICs, to ID gaps in research, assess trends, & understand how investments align w/global health priorities. bit.ly/3SJSJFk

The June Vaccine Delivery Research Digest includes a Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of determinants of Malaria vaccine acceptance, +12 more of this month’s most important articles in #vaccine delivery. Read more here: bit.ly/4kU4vJC. Violaine Mitchell

Congratulations to the 7 recent graduates of the START Center's training program! Read about the impressive research they accomplished here: bit.ly/4nJiio9

The Gates Foundation enlisted the START Center to conducted a systematic review & meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the burden of Shigella diarrhea among children under 72 months (six years) in the Americas region. Read more here: bit.ly/4kyzvxM

A distinguished delegation from START Center visited AMTZ.in, igniting a dynamic #partnership to advance #medtech #innovation. The START Center collaborates with KIHT to co-create initiatives, fostering knowledge exchange & bridging critical gaps in global health.

The START Center derived a feasible evaluation method of a LLM chatbot designed to improve access to family planning information among young adults in Kenya & Senegal to support research at the Gates Foundation. Read more here: bit.ly/46rsKe4

For START Center Faculty Lead Dr. Ferdinand Mukumbang Ferdinand Mukumbang, understanding the ethnography of an intervention is as important as measuring the success. Read more about his career path and the approach he takes to his work here: bit.ly/45jOJSY

The Gates Foundation tasked the START Center Center to provide recommendations, particularly for study design & sample size, for a longitudinal observational study that could identify correlates of protection for multiple pathogens. Read more here: bit.ly/3J2XvMo