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International education programme delivering genomic surveillance training. By @connectingsci & @COVIDGenomicsUK
It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
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https://t.co/RnPngFKIXr
It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
👇🏽👇🏽
https://t.co/RnPngFKIXr
🎓 Just unlocked the secrets of SARS-CoV-2's genomic structure! 🧬✨ Completed an amazing course on Making Sense of Genomic Data: COVID-19 Web-Based Bioinformatics by @eventsWCS and @COG_Train 🔍🌍
With the aim of continuing to strengthen national and regional genomic surveillance capacity on the continent, @AfricaCDC, in collaboration with @ASLM_News and @inrb_kinshasa welcome 20 participants from 9 African countries (Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo and São Tomé) for a Training Workshop from May 29 to June 9, 2023 on Viral Genome Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analyses. This activity takes place at @inrb_kinshasa through its @labgenpath.
.@fishtiaq, Principal Scientist at TIGS, contributed to the #COVID19 Genomic Global Training @COG_Train in the area of #Genomic Surveillance of #SARSCoV2 and #policy.
Check out the latest issue of their newsletter.👇
https://t.co/SITVzKMgrK
✍️ “Working together with other teams and groups was the best option for us, because we could go further and produce more,” says Dr Paola Cristina Resende @PaolaResende1 Virologist at @fiocruz
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https://t.co/YykkuhgQk9
❗️ Almost 2,000 participants enrolled on our course
'A Practical Guide for SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing'
#WGS@eventsWCS
You can join the course here 👇
https://t.co/cGkEJFRKQu
🚨 Exciting news!🚨
@WHO has published guiding principles on #CollaborativeSurveillance
We propose an ambitious set
of capabilities for strengthening capacity & collaboration, enhancing public health intelligence & evidence-based decision-making
https://t.co/dqycQWbSSx
Very excited to have been in Geneva for the last 5 days with @WHO to launch the International Pathogen Surveillance Network. Lots of work as we form a global community of practice. An option piece on its significance to other pathogens - https://t.co/h9LZ0UDOTN
✍️ The goal of the project was to increase community understanding SARS-CoV-2, its mutations, variant waves & vaccine development, dispel myths, and increase vaccine uptake in Malawi.
https://t.co/LR5kP6wfkt
📝 The project included a training course in communicating scientific and health information, particularly about SARS-CoV-2 variants, for health professionals across the three main regions in the country 🇲🇼
https://t.co/LR5kP6wfkt
📻 The project included a series of radio programmes on national and community radio stations to educate local communities about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and wider topics, such as vaccines and virus mutations.
To support vaccine uptake for various pathogens, the project team contributed to the launch of a comic book focusing on vaccines and vaccine uptake, entitled “One for All, All for One”. The book is available in English and Chichewa, Yao and Tumbuka.
https://t.co/LR5kP6wNa1
✍️ The expert local insights of the project team on the ground in Malawi ensured that the training was targeted to local audiences. This project further reinforces the @COG_Train ethos of working with local in-country experts to achieve the best results.
https://t.co/LR5kP6wNa1
✍️💻 "Strengthening bioinformatics skills across the world for SARS-CoV-2 genomic analysis"
📝 Essential genomics training to prepare for the next global outbreak
@ConnectingSci@JdaRocha1@alicepn
https://t.co/TXabate8tp
✍️ Over 40 international experts have provided
📖 educational content,
🎙️ interviews and
📹 videos
to showcase case studies, highlight challenges and pitfalls, and remove some of the mystery surrounding how science and policy interact.
https://t.co/zOuRXr904J