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The WEEPI Foundation – the Western-Eastern European Partnership Initiative on HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis  – is dedicated to strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe through research, evidence-based solutions, and capacity development. By generating new knowledge, improving data-driven approaches, and equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary skills, we enhance prevention, testing, and care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. 

Through collaboration and innovation, The WEEPI Foundation helps build a more knowledgeable and well-equipped healthcare workforce, ensuring sustainable improvements in patient care and public health. 

Through research, collaboration, and compassion, we’re building bridges to a better health for all.

Through collaboration and innovation, The WEEPI Foundation helps build a more knowledgeable and well-equipped healthcare workforce, ensuring sustainable improvements in patient care and public health.

The WEEPI Foundation – the Western-Eastern European Partnership Initiative on HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis  – is dedicated to strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe through research, evidence-based solutions, and capacity development. By generating new knowledge, improving data-driven approaches, and equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary skills, we enhance prevention, testing, and care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. 

Through collaboration and innovation, The WEEPI Foundation helps build a more knowledgeable and well-equipped healthcare workforce, ensuring sustainable improvements in patient care and public health.

The WEEPI Foundation – the Western-Eastern European Partnership Initiative on HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis  – is dedicated to strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe through research, evidence-based solutions, and capacity development. By generating new knowledge, improving data-driven approaches, and equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary skills, we enhance prevention, testing, and care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. 

Through collaboration and innovation, The WEEPI Foundation helps build a more knowledgeable and well-equipped healthcare workforce, ensuring sustainable improvements in patient care and public health. 

Through research, collaboration, and compassion, we’re building bridges to a better health for all.

The WEEPI Foundation – the Western-Eastern European Partnership Initiative on HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis  – is dedicated to strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe through research, evidence-based solutions, and capacity development. By generating new knowledge, improving data-driven approaches, and equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary skills, we enhance prevention, testing, and care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. 

WEEPI project implementation in progress

All seven WEEPI-funded projects have initiated their activities and are

Call for co-financing

The Foundation actively seeks co-financing from additional donors to support

Four emergency grants approved

Four projects were selected following WEEPI’s ‘extraordinary’ call for emergency

The people behind the purpose

Meet the founders of WEEPI and hear their personal reflections on why strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe is not just about addressing infections – it is about empowering people, communities, and health systems for the long term.

Extraordinary call for proposals

The WEEPI Foundation is launching an extraordinatory call for proposals

Five new Stage 1 projects to drive change

An overview of the WEEPI Foundation was presented by Prof

WEEPI Foundation at EACS 2023

On 18 October 2023, the WEEPI Foundation was presented by

Launching the new call for proposals 3.1

An overview of the WEEPI Foundation was presented by Prof

New call 3.1

WEEPI launches new call for proposals for research projects. Application

Five new Stage 1 project grants awarded

The WEEPI Foundation has awarded a new round of stage

The people behind the purpose

Meet the founders of WEEPI and hear their personal reflections on why strengthening healthcare in Eastern Europe is not just about fighting infections – it’s about empowering people, communities, and health systems for the long term.

projects

Stage 1 – 2020

In the summer of 2020, the WEEPI Foundation awarded its first grants, funding seven Stage 1 projects. These projects, with durations of 12–15 months, focused on a diverse range of clinical and implementation research topics addressing HIV, viral hepatitis, and TB. Each project was selected and implemented following the Foundation’s inaugural call for proposals.
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Stage 1 – 2023

The WEEPI Foundation launched a second call for Stage 1 project grants in 2023. Following the call, five projects were selected. These 12-month initiatives span a diverse range of clinical and implementation research topics focused on HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis.
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Stage 2 – 2022

Institutions and organisations that successfully completed a Stage 1 project were eligible to apply for a three-year Stage 2 grant. The goal of Stage 2 projects is to further enhance the quality of care for individuals with HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. This is achieved through research that builds on the outcomes, insights, and lessons learned from the Stage 1 pilot. Following the call for Stage 2 proposals, three projects were selected to receive a Stage 2 grant.
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Emergency projects – 2022

In response to the war in Ukraine, the WEEPI Foundation launched an extraordinary call for emergency projects, ultimately selecting four initiatives. These projects focused on addressing critical needs related to HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis care in an emergency context.
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Stage 2 – 2025

Grantees that have successfully carried out a Stage 1 project are eligible to apply for a larger Stage 2 project (by invitation only). Stage 2 projects build on the research results and lessons learnt from the Stage 1 project and aim to ensure sustainability of project results by transforming the new knowledge and evidence generated through the Stage 1 project. The duration of Stage 2 project is typically 3 years, with a substantially larger budget than Stage 1 projects.
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Stage 1

Stage 1 projects are smaller projects, typically with a duration of 1 year, which are meant to pilot a new research area. Calls for proposals are open to everyone who fits the eligibility criteria. New applicants are only able to apply for Stage 1 project grants and can apply for a stage 2 projects, if their Stage 1 project has been successfully implemented.
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Stage 2

Grantees that have successfully carried out a Stage 1 project are eligible to apply for a larger Stage 2 project (by invitation only). Stage 2 projects build on the research results and lessons learnt from the Stage 1 project and aim to ensure sustainability of project results by transforming the new knowledge and evidence generated through the Stage 1 project. The duration of Stage 2 project is typically 3 years, with a substantially larger budget than Stage 1 projects.
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We are not here for the infection, but for the people

Calls for proposal​s

WEEPI supports research that strengthens the evidence base and builds local capacity to improve healthcare systems in Eastern Europe. Our calls for proposals aim to advance prevention, testing, and care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. 

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