Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health
Pioneers of genomic epidemiology have laid out a 10-point plan for creating a well-supported scientific ecosystem — not only to fight COVID-19, but to head off future pandemics as well.
Ten recommendations for supporting open pathogen genomic analysis in public health
Increasingly, public-health agencies are using pathogen genomic sequence data to support surveillance and epidemiological investigations.
PHA4GE – A Global Scientific Alliance Uniting Genomics & Public Health
As microbial sequencing becomes more routine, access to sustainable bioinformatics capacity has become one of the most critical emerging needs for public health throughout the world – and is proving crucial to tracking and tracing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The newly-launched Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) aims to develop the standards that will meet these needs – on a global scale.