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Support for Institut Pasteur in Africa for rapid COVID-19 testing

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    -99

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $2,164,000

  • Funder

    AFD

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Niger, Senegal
    …

  • Lead Research Institution

    Instituts Pasteur

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    N/A

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

This project's goal is to provide emergency support to the five Pasteur institutes across West Africa. This support will help them ensure the national and regional COVID-19 laboratory mandate is fulfilled and to help the countries in their fight against the pandemic. With €2 million, the project should allow these five institutes to perform between 500 and 1,000 tests per day over six months. It has four components: - Strengthening and maintaining the institutes' front-line laboratories - Supporting recipient institutes with the necessary reagents and supplies for performing molecular biology tests for COVID-19 diagnostics - Reinforcing human resources in overburdened front-line laboratories for an optimal response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Protecting scientific staff working in the front-line laboratories.