The Global Coalition for Local and Regional Production, Innovation and Equitable Access – a global platform that strengthens local and regional production and promotes equitable access to health technologies – has launched its first Call for Proposals, with an initial focus on dengue.
The Call seeks high-impact projects to accelerate the development, production, and deployment of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and enabling technologies.
It selects initiatives that strengthen local and regional capacities, address structural gaps in global health systems, and expand access for neglected diseases and persons in vulnerable situations, particularly in developing countries.
According to the World Health Organization, dengue affects over 100 countries, with about half of the world’s population at risk and an estimated 100–400 million infections each year.
How selected projects will be supported
Selected projects will receive strategic institutional endorsement, visibility, and access to a global network of partners.
The Coalition will support them through partnership facilitation, coordination, technical counseling, regulatory guidance and resource mobilization, including connections to public, private, philanthropic, and blended financing opportunities.
While financial support is not automatic, selected initiatives may be supported in identifying and securing appropriate funding and advancing implementation.
The initiative aims to strengthen innovation and production ecosystems and enable more equitable, affordable, and sustainable access to essential health technologies.
Deadline for submissions: 01 July 2026 (10 PM GMT)
More information: https://globalcoalitionforlocalproduction.org
About the Global Coalition
The Coalition is one of the most important outcomes of Brazil’s G20 Presidency.
The signing of the Geneva Charter on May 20, 2025 – during the 78th World Health Assembly – which officially established the Global Coalition for Local and Regional Production, Innovation and Equitable Access, was a key milestone in bringing forward urgent issues that address several interconnected challenges.
These include the concentration of scientific capacity, research and development (R&D), and production in the life sciences, technology, and health sectors in a small number of countries; fragile supply chains; regulatory asymmetries; and the limited integration between innovation, production, and access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
The initiative emerges within this context and from a commitment to addressing health inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It advances a new model for the production of and access to essential health technologies – such as vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics – particularly for neglected diseases and populations living in vulnerable conditions globally, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other developing regions.
The Coalition is led by the Ministry of Health of Brazil, with the Executive Secretariat hosted by Fiocruz.
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