Title: Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 response capacity in Africa and other centers for research in emerging infectious diseases centres through a collaborative training programme
Authors: Ahouidi A, Padane A, Gaye A, Sakuntabha A, Deme A, Cisse B, de Oliveira C, Weldon C, Diedhiou C, Ndiaye D, Gottlieb G, McOwen H, Dia I, Xavier J, Siddle K, Andersen K, Barrett L, Paye M, Diallo M, Tilles S, Weaver S, Wohl S, de Oliveira T, Junior Alcantara L, Van Voorhis W, Mboup S, Wilkinson E, Giovanetti M.
Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 32:192-195 (2026)
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical vulnerabilities in the global public health infrastructure, particularly in genomic surveillance capacity in low- and middle-income countries. Although major investments have been made to improve access to sequencing platforms, reagents, and computational infrastructure, many low- and middle-income countries still face limitations in the technical and analytical skills required to generate, interpret, and act on genomic data in real time. As underscored by the WHO, building a trained workforce capable of integrating genomics into public health decision making remains a major challenge in pandemic preparedness efforts [1–4].
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Citation: Ahouidi A, Padane A, Gaye A, Sakuntabha A, Deme A, Cisse B, de Oliveira C, Weldon C, Diedhiou C, Ndiaye D, Gottlieb G, McOwen H, Dia I, Xavier J, Siddle K, Andersen K, Barrett L, Paye M, Diallo M, Tilles S, Weaver S, Wohl S, de Oliveira T, Junior Alcantara L, Van Voorhis W, Mboup S, Wilkinson E, Giovanetti M. Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 response capacity in Africa and other centers for research in emerging infectious diseases centres through a collaborative training programme Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 32:192-195 (2026).