Webinar on catalysing elimination of dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 in Africa Dr Thumbi Mwangi gave a webinar on rabies and vaccination's role in the goal to eliminate the disease from Africa by 2030. 28 Jan 2021
IVVN awarded funding to host a programme of online training courses The new courses will be aimed at early career researchers in low- and middle-income countries and will cover a range of scientific and soft skills. 21 Jan 2021
IVVN hosts first virtual symposium on Vaccines for Swine Seven speakers joined the symposium to present their work on the development of vaccines against swine pathogens. 18 Dec 2020
First IVVN webinar covers One Health, Covid-19 and lessons from veterinary vaccination Dr Michael Francis spoke to IVVN members about veterinary coronaviruses and the lessons for Covid-19 vaccination in our first ever webinar. 02 Oct 2020
IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme shortlisted for Nature Research Science Outreach Award The Award for Inspiring & Innovating Science's Scientific Outreach category highlights initiatives that support girls and women in STEM. 08 Sep 2020
World Zoonoses Day 2020 The day commemorates French scientist Louis Pasteur, who, on 6 July 1885, administered the first vaccine against rabies. 06 Jul 2020
Fourth round of IVVN pump-priming funding awarded The awards will fund research on vaccines for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, bovine babesiosis and avian influenza. 27 Apr 2020
New members' directory search terms You can now browse members by career stage, discipline, and by the host species, pathogen species and vaccine development stage they work on. 14 Apr 2020
IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme launches in Zambia Six scientists, equipped with their mobile laboratory, visited Lusaka Girls Secondary School to deliver an interactive workshop. 25 Mar 2020
International Women's Day 2020 Six of the 10 pump-priming projects the IVVN has funded are led by women. Our new video highlights their work on International Women's Day. 06 Mar 2020
New mentoring fellowships for female researchers to address gender imbalance in science Funded by the IVVN and Canada’s International Development Research Centre, the fellowships will support female postdoctoral scientists in LMICs. 27 Feb 2020
Launch of US Animal Vaccinology Research Coordination Network The US Animal Vaccinology Research Coordination Network is modelled broadly on the UK Vaccinology Network and the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN). 14 Jan 2020
