The recent COVID-19 pandemic served as a stark reminder of the vulnerability of children and pregnant people to emerging infections. While the public health emergency may have concluded in mid-2023, the threat of future pandemics remains a looming concern. In this...
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VERDI Consortium contributes to development of core outcome set for Long COVID in children
Results from an international consensus study, aimed at establishing a core outcome set for Long COVID in children and young people, have been published in the European Respiratory Journal. Members of the VERDI Consortium Claire Thorne, Maternal-Infant Working Group...
VERDI cohorts join CoMeCT, a new European project to boost clinical research preparedness for future infectious disease outbreaks
CoMeCT, short for Coordination Mechanism for Cohorts and Trials, is a new EU-funded project aiming to strengthen European preparedness and response capacity for future health emergencies. Over the next three years, CoMeCT will act as a coordination platform bringing...
VERDI General Assembly 2023: collaborating to strengthen global pandemic preparedness
The third VERDI General Assembly meeting took place on 26-27 June 2023, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, with over 70 participants from 29 centres of excellence within the VERDI Consortium attending the event, both online and in person. This meeting was particularly noteworthy...
VERDI’s Maternal-Infant Working Group: Prioritising pregnant women and their babies in COVID-19 research
Did you know that within VERDI there are 4 Working Groups? These groups help our VERDI partners actively exchange ideas, designs, methods and results, while also identifying gaps and collaborative opportunities. Today, we are happy to present you the VERDI...
VERDI’s Clinical Working Group: Understanding COVID-19’s effects on children
Did you know that within VERDI there are 4 Working Groups? These groups help our VERDI partners actively exchange ideas, designs, methods and results, while also identifying gaps and collaborative opportunities. Today, we are excited to present you the VERDI...
Register for the END-VOC scientific symposium “COVID-19 variants and the next pandemic”
The EU-funded END-VOC project is organising the online scientific symposium "COVID-19 variants and the next pandemic", which will be held on 6 June 2023, 14.00–18.00 CEST. The symposium will focus on lessons learned from COVID-19 and how to anticipate the next...
“It is rewarding to witness VERDI activity informing the policy response”
Ali Judd, VERDI co-scientific coordinator, shares insights on her experience with the VERDI Consortium. This story is taken from Penta’s 2022 Social Report. “Despite having a very short window in which to write the VERDI proposal, it was amazing that so many...
EU tasks VERDI Consortium with investigating mpox and improving pandemic preparedness
The VERDI Consortium, coordinated by the University of Padua and Fondazione Penta ETS (Italy), has received an additional €5 million funding from the European Union (EU). Thanks to this contribution, VERDI will examine the impact of mpox on populations at higher risk...
Join VERDI’s clinical study in paediatric and adolescent mpox
We would like to invite hospitals to participate in a study of mpox in children and adolescents globally. This mpox paediatric and adolescent clinical study is a Joint EU Clinical Research Initiative which is part of the VERDI project, in collaboration with...