In this webinar, co-hosted by WHO and FIND, we will discuss the current sequencing capacity for SARS-CoV-2, global initiatives to strengthen genomic surveillance, and in particular the Global genomic surveillance strategy launched by WHO on 31st March 2022, and learn from the experiences of Botswana and Bangladesh building next generation sequencing capacity.
We will welcome:
Dr Lisa Carter (WHO HQ)
Dr Anita Suresh (FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics)
Dr Senjuti Saha (Director & Scientist, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Bangladesh)
Dr Sikhulile Moyo (Laboratory Director of the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Botswana)
Webinar series held in English, with interpretation in French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese.
Launched in May 2020, this knowledge sharing platform aims to enhance WHO guidance dissemination and best practice sharing among public health laboratories globally. This WHO platform contributes to the ACT-Accelerator Diagnostics pillar activities by enabling country preparedness.
