The current COVID-19 pandemic poses one of the greatest challenges for society worldwide. In an effort to contribute to the global fight against the disease, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has launched the “Global Health” Interdisciplinary Platform (PTI), where 330 research groups from different fields collaborate to address some of the main challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists have come together with the aim of putting forward short, medium and, mainly, long-term solutions to fight the disease.
The Global Health Platform provides a unique global vision approach that brings together and links multiple aspects of the pandemic: origin, prevention measures, pathophysiology of the disease, containment measures, treatment options, social and economic impact, and finally the need to communicate with society, with a particular focus on education. In addition, to guarantee harmonization of efforts, four crosscutting working groups have been implemented: innovation, information sources, artificial intelligence data and applications, and regional coordination.
DEVELOPMENT OF A SARS-COV-2 VACCINE BASED ON NON-INFECTIVE REPLICONS
The aim of this project is to generate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the laboratory by assembling...
DEVELOPMENT OF A SARS-COV-2 VACCINE BASED ON THE NON-REPLICATIVE MVA VECTOR BY EXPRESSING VARIOUS VIRAL ANTIGENS
The aim is to generate viral vectors based on a modification of the Vaccinia virus (called MVA)...
SARS-COV2 TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE AIR: DETECTION IN HOSPITALS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
To detect the SARS-CoV2 virus in the air and understand its transmission in hospitalsThe aim of...
IMPACT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ON THE EXPANSION OF THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN SPAIN
Understand the effects of mobility restriction measures and social distancing on the spread of the...
THEMATIC AREAS
Prevention
Emerging pandemics, such as the current COVID-19, are highlighting the role of science in all its...

Treatment
CSIC is working at the forefront of science in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the race to...

Disease
The main challenge is to gain an in-depth understanding of the disease in order to identify and...

Impact
From the moment it begins to spread, the disease has an IMPACT on people’s lives. The degree...

Contention
The aim is to achieve, in the CONTENTION area, a decrease in SARS-CoV-2 incidence, through its...

Media, outreach and education
A fundamental part of global health, especially during times of crisis, is the right to...

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