Meet Nália Ismael, one of GenPath Africa’s young scientists, who recently earned her PhD from Stellenbosch University. She represents the GenPath Africa consortium at Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), where she leads efforts to increase genomic surveillance to improve the country’s response to public health threats.

On World TB Day, GenPath Africa’s PARR-TB team highlights its ongoing efforts to reduce the burden of drug-resistant TB in South Africa by integrating next-generation sequencing (NGS) into routine healthcare.

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently organised a stakeholder workshop on wastewater environmental surveillance, followed by a week-long training on wastewater genomic surveillance in Nairobi, Kenya.

A recent study by our GenPath Africa colleagues Michele Miller, Wynand Goosen, Rob Warren and Tanya Kerr from Stellenbosch University (SU) found evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in water sources shared by animals and humans in rural South Africa.

Together with members of the EpiGen Ethiopia consortium, our GenPath Africa colleagues Tulio de Oliveira, Cheryl Baxter and Eduan Wilkinson from Stellenbosch University (SU) examined the genetic diversity of a recent dengue virus outbreak in Ethiopia.

To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to some of the inspiring women who are part of the GenPath Africa consortium about their work and what advice they would give to the next generation of women in science.

A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Tongai Maponga, Gert Van Zyl, Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter and Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) develops a new sequencing protocol for sequencing Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).

As part of GenPath Africa’s PARR-TB team, Annelies Van Rie recently attended a workshop that focused on best practices around the clinical management of people with rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB).

GenPath Africa coordinator Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) recently published a commentary on current threats to genomics, especially in the global south.

In a recent study GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren and Tanya Kerr from Stellenbosch University (SU) used advanced sequencing techniques to investigate previously unidentified mycobacteria species in TB-infected sites outside the lungs.

A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Samuel Oyola and John Juma from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provides a genomic retrospective study on Rift Valley Fever outbreaks in Rwanda.

GenPath Africa partners at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently held two stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance in Kisumu and Mombasa, Kenya.

In a recent study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU), researchers developed a new method to characterize the mycobacteria present in animal tissue samples.

On 24 July 2024, the GenEpi Network Steering Committee held its first meeting to discuss future collaboration within the network.

A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows there is a high risk of Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis) spreading from animals to humans in rural South Africa.

A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller and Rob Warren from Stellenbosch University (SU) compares methods of detecting Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and shows that M. bovis poses a serious health risk in rural South Africa.

One year into the project, the GenPath Africa consortium came together at the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) in Cape Town, South Africa, for its first in-person meeting on May 27-28, 2024.

In 2023, GenPath Africa team members convened in two workshops to discuss project goals with stakeholders in Kenya and in South Africa.

On 10 October 2023, the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM) 2023 brought togther six projects - including GenPath Africa - which are part of the newly formed Genomic Epidemiology Network.