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This piece highlights Pathoplexus, a community-driven viral genomics database developed with input from PHA4GE to advance open data sharing, ethical use, and transparent governance in public health genomics.
From COVID-19 to measles, scientists are showing how wastewater surveillance can expose underreported infections and strengthen national health monitoring.
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
Six countries have so far launched their national strategies on genomics in Africa. Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Nigeria have already made strides in integrating genomics into their existing public health frameworks.
We spoke to Christoffels about efforts to address the shortage of skills and capacity in Africa as a way of getting more BIPOC researchers into the field.
A new database for researchers to share the genomes of dangerous viruses promises to solve many of the problems that hamper existing alternatives.
The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) marked this year’s Mandela Day by hosting 20 young learners from Heideveld with the hope of inspiring them to become tomorrow’s scientists.
From learning to use genome curation tools for depositing sequences on the African and global Pathogen Data Sharing and Archive platform to understanding data quality standards and formats, African scientists are gaining new insights from training courses offered by Africa CDC.
As part of its programme to expand capacity in and support for pathogen genomics around Africa, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention hosted its first training in data curation, a pillar of modern data science.