African Society Laboratory Medicine: federal grants and contributions

This project aims to mitigate the longstanding and serious threats associated with “deliberate disease” emanating from Africa. These challenges that are prioritized by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the G7, the United Nations and INTERPOL. This project aims to support Africa CDC to further develop and deliver a comprehensive Strategic Plan on Biosafety and Biosecurity. This Project, a product of the Canada-led Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in Africa, seeks to enable a multi-year sustained push by Africa CDC to prevent, detect and resp

• Global Affairs Canada
• Weapon Threat Reducti Prog(former GPP)-C

This project contributes to the implementation of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for Covid-19 outbreak, led by the Africa Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (A-CDC). Specifically, this project supports the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) for the implementation of the Africa CDC’s Partnership to accelerate COVID-19 testing initiative to : 1) procure and distribute test kits and supplies, 2) assist national public health laboratories to build the capacity for COVID 19 testing at the sub-national level and 3) assess sub-national level laboratories to guide corrective a

• Global Affairs Canada
• International Development Assistance Program

This project aims to reduce biological threats by strengthening health security capacities for disease surveillance and response, specifically focusing on integrated disease surveillance at the sub-national level, event-based surveillance, genomic surveillance, and epidemic intelligence.

• Global Affairs Canada
• Weapon Threat Reduction Program

• Weapon Threat Reducti Prog(former GPP)-C
• International Development Assistance Program
• Weapon Threat Reduction Program

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

• Weapon Threat Reducti Prog(former GPP)-C

• Weapon Threat Reduction Program

• International Development Assistance Program