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As the Omicron wave of COVID-19 continues, what really occurred during previous waves in Africa? Has the African continent been spared from the pandemic thus far? We provide some answers from seroprevalence surveys conducted by Epicentre and IRD in several African countries and Yemen in this December 16, 2021 webinar.

This gold-standard guarantees the quality and reliability of research data. This accreditation should mark a new stage in the development and establishment of the laboratory and research center, located in the heart of the University Hospital of Mbarara in Uganda.

Sleeping sickness is one of the so-called neglected tropical diseases, as it generally affects populations in low- and middle-income countries and receives much less research attention than other diseases. Epicentre is a partner in two DNDi-coordinated and EDCTP-funded projects to improve the management of this disease, one to evaluate fexinidazole to treat the rarer form, for which enrollment has just been completed, and another that is beginning to study a single-dose oral treatment for the more common form. Epicentre is managing the data from both studies and their analyses.