ANNOUNCEMENT

The First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference — Kuala Lumpur, 2–5 February 2027

Type of Event: The First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference
Date: 2-5 February 2027
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Click to: Conference Website

The First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2–5 February 2027. Coming at a time of growing momentum in the field, this landmark meeting will bring together the full range of stakeholders working on Strep A vaccine research and development to strengthen coordination, share knowledge and plan the actions needed to reach a vaccine with global impact.

The Call for Abstracts is now open, with a submission deadline of 7 September. Organisers are keen to include colleagues from low- and middle-income countries, and a limited amount of travel support is available to help facilitate broad participation. Further information, including details on abstract submission, is available on the conference website.


Accelerating the path to Strep A vaccines—together

The Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC) team gathered in Brisbane (1st week of June 2025) to exchange progress on Strep A surveillance around the world in addition to laboratory standards and frameworks for vaccine safety.

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SAVAC 2.0 Forum at the Lancefield meeting

Join us for the SAVAC 2.0 Forum at the Lancefield Meeting to explore progress in Strep A surveillance, share experiences from our sentinel sites, and foster new collaborations. Engage in discussions on diverse country experiences, surveillance strategies, and the future of Strep A vaccine development.

Go to : The Lancefield webpage

Join us on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly
for an event on accelerating group A Streptococcus vaccine development

Advancing critical dialogue and collaboration on Strep A vaccine development, the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) organizes a meeting on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly. The event themed Bridging the Gap: Global Collaboration for Group A Streptococcus Vaccines will take place on May, 20 2025 in Geneva.

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Joint Meeting of SAVAC and WHO Streptococcus pyogenes vaccines: an expert review of evidence needs to guide policy

The Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC) and World Health Organization gathered major stakeholders in London to address the key research gaps and evidence required to progress the policy agenda of Group A Streptococcal vaccines to prevent rheumatic heart disease. The meeting was made possible with support from the Wellcome Trust, Open Philanthropy, and the Leducq Foundation.

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Invitation for Proposal:
SAVAC sentinel site selection for Streptococcus pyogenes disease epidemiological surveillance, health economic studies, and clinical trials

The Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC) is inviting proposals from interested sites in low- and middle-income countries for epidemiological and field-based health economic studies while preparing for future clinical trials with Strep A vaccine candidates.

Click to : SAVAC sentinel site selection is launched


A new newsletter for the Lancefield Society!

It is now 1 year since the 2022 LISSSD meeting in Stockholm, and the Society decided it was time to re-engage with our streptococcal community.


Click to : Read Lancefield Society Newsletter


A global consortium of Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) researchers has launched a series of best practice surveillance protocols designed
to unite international research efforts for a world-first Strep A vaccine.

Universal protocols for Strep A surveillance set to transform research for world-first vaccine
Click to : https://www.telethonkids.org.au/


Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC) 2nd Stakeholders’ Meeting, Stockholm (Hybrid: in-person and virtual),
6 June 2022

Date: 6 June 2022
Type of Event: Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC) 2nd Stakeholders’ Meeting

Following the first SAVAC stakeholders’ meeting on 11 March 2021, the second SAVAC stakeholders’ meeting will be organized by the SAVAC Executive Committee chaired by Dr. Jerome Kim, Director General of IVI, and co-chaired by Prof. Andrew Steer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and by the IVI Secretariat. The meeting will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 6, 2022. The participants are welcomed in-person or virtually.

SAVAC members will share and review the latest SAVAC progress and achievements since the first stakeholders’ meeting, as well as seek valuable input from multidisciplinary participants and funders. Each SAVAC working group including the burden of disease, vaccine safety, correlates of protection, and full value of vaccine assessment, will present their work to various stakeholders in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, policy decision-makers, and funders. The meeting is expected to be beneficial for all Streptococcus A vaccine stakeholders in bringing a broader view of the ongoing Strep A vaccine development continuum.