AFROSCREEN, boosting variant surveillance in 13 African countries

The Agence française de développement (AFD) and ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes, in partnership with the Institut Pasteur, IRD, and laboratories across 13 African countries, are launching the joint AFROSCREEN project. This project meets an urgent need for surveillance of the development of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other emerging pathogens by bolstering laboratory genomic sequencing capacity.

This Health in Common Initiative project furthers France’s contribution to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is consistent with the G20 strategy, in close coordination with the African Union CDC (Centres for Disease Control).

From left to right : Yazdan Yazdanpanah, directeur de l’ANRS / Maladies infectieuses émergentes - Rémy Rioux, directeur général de l’AFD - Valérie Verdier, directrice de l’IRD - Pierre-Marie Girard, directeur international de l’Institut Pasteur - Philippe Lacoste, directeur du développement durable, MEAE.

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