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Capacity building <\/br>sequencing in Africa<\/span><\/h1>\n \n \n

AFROSCREEN, an ongoing program of international support for the genomic surveillance of emerging pathogens with epidemic potential in a network of partners in 13 African countries.<\/p>\n \n

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\n\n \n\n \n Publication<\/span> \n\n \n\n 14 May. 2026<\/span>\n\n \n\n \n\n Interview\n\n <\/span>\n\n 14 May. 2026<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

Publication of an article in the Journal of Global Health summarizing the first three years of the AFROSCREEN project on genomics capacity building in Africa.<\/h3>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Second edition of the Advanced Course on mpox: the DRC at the heart of international public health training<\/h3>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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The AFROSCREEN project structures an African program to strengthen laboratory sequencing capacities,<\/b> share data and ensure effective monitoring of the circulation of viruses.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The AFROSCREEN program, financed by AFD<\/strong> as part of the Sant\u00e9 en Commun initiative, then by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/strong> with FEF funding, is coordinated by a consortium comprising ANRS | Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/strong> (consortium leader), the Research Institute for Development<\/strong> (IRD), and the Institut Pasteur<\/strong> (IP), and implemented by\/with their networks of 23 partners in 13 countries<\/strong> in West and Central Africa and Madagascar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n

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