Africa's $100-million Pathogen Genomics Initiative
Munyaradzi Makoni
Abstract
On Oct 12, 2020, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) secured US$100 million for pathogen genomics research and development through a partnership, the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (PGI), expected to transform disease surveillance on the continent and is now preparing to start running programmes in 2021.
Topics & Concepts
GenomicsOutbreakPublic healthBiotechnologyBiologyMedicineGenomeGeneticsVirologyGeneNursingGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchZoonotic diseases and public healthViral Infections and Outbreaks Research