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@AfricaPGI At Illumina Genomics Forum, Obama Prescribes Diversity, Resilience to Drive Precision Medicine into Practice https://t.co/hjYKfct6BQ via @GENbio
@AfricaPGI Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative | Paris Peace Forum https://t.co/PVNQF0SJG6
@AfricaPGI selected to be showcased at Paris Peace Forum 11-12 Nov 2022.
RT @ParisPeaceForum 😷🧬 The @AfricaCDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative (@AfricaPGI) is 1️⃣ of the 6️⃣0️⃣ #SolutionsForPeace 🕊️ selected to be showcased at the #PPF22 on 11-12 November 🗓️
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/zMJXqMn67m https://t.co/xg4JhN3IXg
@AfricaPGI As part of its Pathogen Genomics Sequencing capacity assessment mission in Madagascar, the @AfricaCDC @AfricaPGI team held separate discussions with Institut Pasteur Madagascar led by Director Phillipe Dussart and WHO team led by Dr Gilbert Kayoko and Dr Patricia Martin https://t.co/490g4rvDav
@AfricaPGI Join Today's @AfricaPGI Webinar:
Topic: Genomic Surveillance to Inform Polio Eradication.
📅Wed. 28/09/2022
⏰2:00 PM (EAT)
Registration link~ https://t.co/FIIwptqQFp
French Translation available https://t.co/5E4LA3GpD0
@AfricaPGI Africa CDC @AfricaPGI team today held discussions with Professor Andry Maharo ANDRIANARIVELO, Head of National Public Health Laboratory, Laboratoire d’Analyses Mèdicales Malagasy (LA2M) on how to build the country’s capacity in pathogen genomics sequencing and bioinformatics. https://t.co/WrDdPZhgIz
@AfricaPGI Reminder!
Register for this week's @AfricaPGI Webinar:
Genomic Surveillance to Inform Polio Eradication.
📅Wed. 28/09/2022
⏰2:00 PM (EAT)
Registration link~ https://t.co/FIIwptqiPR
French Translation available https://t.co/XR1Sqnos2g
RT @laktarr001 Are you 🫵🏾 a Bingwa? Be one! Today!
#NewPublicHealthOrder
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RT @DrChilennial I started in Ethiopia, at a Malaria Genomics Convening organized by @EsteeTorok @gatesfoundation and @AfricaPGI that was the perfect introduction to the science going on in the continent https://t.co/0X0fKhxBRC
@AfricaPGI @AfricaCDC @AfricaPGI officially handed over NGS equipment to the #InstitutePasteurMorocco at an event attended by Ministries of Health, Foreign Affairs & Agriculture of the Kingdom of Morocco. #NewPublicHealthOrder https://t.co/EbGFreRWuq
RT @PhilFebboMD_CMO During my #UNGA talks yesterday, I shared the @AfricaCDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative @AfricaPGI as the success story that it is. @Illumina is proud to support this critical effort and I’m looking forward to its continued success.
https://t.co/l8T2CNyRps
@AfricaPGI #AfricaPGI by the numbers.
@ASLM_News @gatesfoundation @illumina @CDCgov @CDC_AMD @nanopore @AfricaPHF @rki_de @PPI_Insights and many others https://t.co/Z8gYM94LNA
@AfricaPGI #Our MPXV training now covers 35+ Member States across all regions. @AfricaPGI broadens, strengthens, and builds molecular and genomics capacity across the continent #PathogenAgnostic #partnerships https://t.co/Ec94grGyjU
RT @laktarr001 I had the honour of being in a group of eminent individuals to discuss vaccines manufacturing beyond pandemics. So much wisdom in one room. My main takeaway “Don’t change what’s working; disrupt what’s not working!”
#NewPublicHealthOrder
#Agenda2063
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@_AfricanUnion https://t.co/gg1mcmPUr3
@AfricaPGI Register for Next Week's @AfricaPGI Webinar.
📅Wed. 28/09/2022
⏰2:00 PM (EAT)
🗣️Genomic Surveillance to Inform Polio Eradication.
Registration link~ https://t.co/FIIwptqQFp
French Translation available https://t.co/AuMxqLDHcU
@AfricaPGI Pictures from the ongoing #MPXV diagnosis training https://t.co/7AABcD2T12
RT @laktarr001 I’m very proud of this group of scientists for working smart & hard to deliver a rapid expansion of sequencing capacity in Africa at the height of the pandemic.
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Read paper here:
https://t.co/oH6NYHBeib https://t.co/8rPecdVauU
@AfricaPGI @AfricaCDC @AfricaPGI in collaboration with @EPPIcenter_UCSF @IDRC_Uganda @JohnsHopkinsEPI
concluded Malaria Genomic Epidemiology and Data Analytics training in Kampala, Uganda. 34 participants from 🇰🇪🇨🇩🇹🇿🇷🇼🇸🇩🇪🇹🇩🇯successfully completed the training. https://t.co/dUcxOGHiQG
RT @AaronPomerantz Congratulations to @AfricaPGI and all involved in the effort to expand pathogen genomic surveillance in Africa. The authors note that ~half of all SARS-CoV-2 sequencing in Africa was performed using @nanopore, contributing to rapid scale-up of local sequencing https://t.co/mG2AjC8iHP
RT @AfricaCDC Today t/Republic of #SouthAfrica under t/distinguished leadership of HE President @CyrilRamaphosa, @_AfricanUnion Commission, @AfricaCDC & @MastercardFdn held a high level side meeting on “Reimagining health workforce dvlpmnt for Africa’s health security”. #NewPublicHealthOrder https://t.co/1DVJje2fDs https://t.co/SuXwHtsKCC
RT @sofoniaskt Very excited to see this publication out in @ScienceMagazine. A result of continental collaboration, coordination and partnerships. Thank you for all who enabled this to happen. #AfricaPGI https://t.co/D2DQ26N933
@AfricaPGI @labgenpath's strategy to decentralize sequencing within DRC is being realized with the #Goma lab acqiuiring @illumina iSeq platform. #AfricaPGI https://t.co/hv6p3sWLIY
@AfricaPGI @AfricaCDC @AfricaPGI in collaboration with @nicd_sa launched hands-on training on RT-PCR based #MPXV diagnosis. 19 participants from 17 countries🇪🇹🇿🇼🇱🇸🇸🇿🇲🇼🇳🇦🇲🇺🇸🇨🇧🇼🇬🇲🇬🇭🇰🇪🇹🇿🇸🇴🇩🇯🇦🇴🇰🇲 are participating. Dr. Lul, Regional Coordinator @SouthernRCC opened the training https://t.co/tsQHeful6a
RT @TheQuadram 🆕Rapid expansion of genomics surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants shows the power of African science🌍🧬 #AfricaGenomics #AfricaPGI
The collaborative team includes nine Quadram researchers. Read more about our involvement in the global sequencing effort
➡️https://t.co/1capBYkE4K https://t.co/6C6YQx7xkZ https://t.co/nlxAUw9EOF