Sequencing capacity-building in Africa

AFROSCREEN, a response program against Covid-19 to strengthen surveillance of the evolution of variants in 13 countries in Africa.

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Number of training sessions held since July 2021

6322

Number of screening PCRs performed since January 2022

5296

Number of sequences produced since January 2022

7305

Number of sequences shared on GISAID since January 2022

News

Webinar 20 Mar. 2023

A look back at the webinar “One Health. What Else? Enhancing Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research to Address Global Health Issues”.

Event 15 Mar. 2023

Adelf-Epiter Congress on 15 and 16 March 2023 in Lomé

Webinar 08 Mar. 2023

Webinar: “One Health. What Else? Enhancing inter- and transdisciplinary research to answer global health issues”.

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The AFROSCREEN network

The AFROSCREEN project is structuring an African network to strengthen laboratory sequencing capacities, share data and ensure effective monitoring of virus circulation.

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The actions

Laboratory equipment and reagents

Training and support

Sequence data management and sharing

Public health surveillance and epidemiological surveys

The consortium

The AFROSCREEN project, funded by AFD, is coordinated by ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
It is implemented by a consortium made up of 3 partner research institutions:
ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes, Research Institute for Development (IRD), Institut Pasteur.

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