Members reviewed proposals submitted under the Coalition’s first Call for Proposals on dengue health technologies and agreed recommendations for consideration by the Steering Committee.
The Global Coalition for Local and Regional Production, Innovation and Equitable Access held the first in-person meeting of its Advisory Committee on 17–18 September 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.
The meeting marked an important step in the assessment process for the Coalition’s Call for Proposals on Dengue Health Technologies.
Advisory Committee members reviewed and assessed the proposals, building on the technical assessment undertaken through the Project Selection and Monitoring Subcommittee.
The Committee’s role in the process includes reviewing proposals and providing recommendations to the Steering Committee.
Following the discussions in Lisbon, the Advisory Committee agreed on recommendations to be submitted to the Steering Committee, which will meet on 7 October 2026 to consider the proposals and recommendations as the selection process moves forward.
The meeting brought together representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), FIND, the Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative (RVMC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Unitaid, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
