OPINION: Attract or repel? The case of COVID19 vaccines
Vaccine development is a lengthy process that could take 10-15 years. Efforts to develop the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine have turned out to be faster. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID19 a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) giving scientists and academics the green light to start developing COVID19 vaccines.
PHA4GE Open Meeting 2021 – Report
PHA4GE hosted its first Open Meeting that was a full virtual experience on the 30th of March 2021.
PHA4GE World TB Day 2021
As a global consortium driven towards a rapid global genomic and public health response to disease outbreaks, the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Alliance (PHA4GE) describes its understanding of TB and measures to end TB.
Public Health Pathogen Bioinformatics and the Cloud
In the second half of 2020, the PHA4GE Infrastructure Working Group conducted a survey of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing around the globe.
Putting data standards into practice: PHA4GE engages organizations around the world
In the face of a global pandemic and the rising global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the PHA4GE Data Structures Working Group (DS WG) has been hard at work.
Developing an online forum for a community of practice in ethics and data sharing
The Ethics and Data-Sharing Working Group has taken forward the implementation of an online platform for building a community of ethics and data sharing practitioners and interested researchers.
Recommendations for Data and Biospecimen Governance in Africa
PHA4GE members (Alan Christoffels and Nicki Tiffin) formed part of a team under the African Academy of Sciences with the aim of reviewing data governance issues relevant to Africa.
The Ethics and Data Sharing Working Group is live!
Addressing ethical issues in research and promoting inclusive community interactions
Getting the right information to the right people: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification
As countries around the world prepare for new waves of infections throughout the pandemic, a unique opportunity for harmonization in data collection exists.
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 Data Specification
Well-structured, rich contextual data adds value, promotes reuse, and enables aggregation and integration of disparate data sets. We are delighted to announce that the PHA4GE Data Structures working group has released its first preprint on SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification for open genomic epidemiology. The preprint identifies a clear data standard which extends the INSDC pathogen […]