From October 25 to November 5, 2021, the training workshop on SARS-CoV2 sequencing and bioinformatics analysis will take place at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.
This workshop was made possible thanks to the Pathogen Genomics Initiative (IGP) of the Africa CDC, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), the WHO and the African Union who are working together to implement establishment of a SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance network including a few including a few specialized centers and regional sequencing centers.
At this workshop will be present 14 countries, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central Africa Rep, Congo - Brazaville, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Togo.