Prof Alan Christoffels represents SA at discussions on global pandemic agreement
Professor Alan Christoffels represented South Africa in Geneva during WHO discussions on pathogen data sharing, equitable benefit access and the PABS annex of the global pandemic agreement.
International collaboration aids unpacking of hantavirus genomics
International pathogen genomics experts joined a PHA4GE and IPSN webinar to share how rapid sequencing and global collaboration helped identify Andes virus during the 2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.
Wastewater surveillance enjoys global boom
PHA4GE’s Keaghan Brown joined wastewater and environmental surveillance experts in Ghana to present bioinformatics capacity-building work and help advance discussions on sustainable disease surveillance systems in Africa.
PHA4GE member leaves Ghana conference with great memories, and an award
PHA4GE member Dylan Pilz won best poster presentation at the Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance Meeting 2026 in Ghana for work on rapid detection of cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variants in South African wastewater.
PHA4GE meetings aim to set standards for metadata
Global public health experts met to refine metadata standards for cholera, malaria, meningitis and neonatal sepsis, strengthening the use of pathogen genomics in outbreak response and health decision-making.
PHA4GE Conference & IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025 Summary Report
PHA4GE convened its second biennial conference in collaboration with the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) Global Partners Forum. The joint event took place from the 27th – 29th of October 2025 at Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Collaboration for greater impact – PHA4GE Conference and IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025
More than 270 scientists, policy-makers, funders and public health experts from around the world attended the third International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) Global Partners Forum in Cape Town, South Africa from 27 to 29 October 2025. The forum was held jointly with the second Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) biennial conference and was co-hosted by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and WHO’s Regional Office for Africa.
Collaboration for Greater Impact – PHA4GE Conference & IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025
We are delighted to announce that the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) – a global network of pathogen genomic actors, brought together by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, is partnering with the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) and WHO Regional Office for Africa for the upcoming PHA4GE Conference and IPSN Global Partners Forum (GPF) 2025.
Phylodynamics offers new ways to look at pathogen evolution
Dr Zoe Dyson (LSHTM) introduced phylodynamics at the July Bioinformatics Pipelines & Visualization meeting, exploring pathogen evolution, resistance, and public health applications.
PHA4GE AI Working Group Launches to Advance Public Health Genomics
The new PHA4GE AI Working Group is exploring AI applications in public health genomics, from data standardization and privacy to real-world outbreak response.