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IRESSEF a case study in the surveillance of dengue fever, arboviruses and infectious diseases in Senegal

Implementation of a new public health strategy for pathogens identification and characterization in the context of climate change: IRESSEF a case study in the surveillance of dengue fever, arboviruses and infectious diseases in Senegal  The CLIMADE (Climate Amplified...

Creating a Gender sensitive platform for clinical research in WANETAM (TALENT) Call for applications for TALENT PhD Training

Introduction 1. The WANETAM Network has been awarded funding by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), to support the training of up to seven female PhD candidates 2. This is an open call for female candidates. Selected candidates...

Genotyping of a 2nd wave of SARS – CoV-2 strains in Senegal

Mutations are part of the normal functioning of viruses. Their survival depends on these mutations, which allow them to adapt to their environment, in the different hosts they infect. At the end of 2020, a spread of a particularly contagious variants of the...

Visit of the President of Global Virus Network (GVN) Professor Christian Bréchot at IRESSEF Diamniadio

Professor Souleymane Mboup and his collaborators welcomed Professor Christian Bréchot, President of Global Virus Network (GVN) at IRESSEF Diamniadio on 30th December 2020. After visiting the various research platforms, Professor Bréchot expressed his entire...

Two new types of bacteria which now bear the name of Professor Souleymane Mboup

Two types of new bacteria discovered by the team of Didier Raoult's now bear the name of Professor Souleymane Mboup. These are Mboupella Massilenssis and Pseudomboupella.   The team of Professor Didier Raoult from IHU Marseille honors Professor Souleymane Mboup,...

IRESSEF OFFERS FREE COVID-19 TESTS TO THE BEST AMONG THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OF SENEGAL

As a contribution to the efforts of the State of Senegal within the promotion of excellence, the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF) generously offered COVID -19 tests to more than 20 new high school graduates, ranked...

COVID-19 in Africa: Dampening the storm?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly and extensively to most countries in the world, resulting in considerable mortality in Europe and the United States, as well as in numerous upper-middle-income countries in South America and Asia. Experts pre- dicted millions of COVID-19 deaths in Africa because many countries in the continent rank poorly on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index.

FORCE COVID-19 MONITORING COMMITTEE PROUD OF IRESSEF’S PERFORMANCE

FORCE COVID-19 MONITORING COMMITTEE PROUD OF IRESSEF’S PERFORMANCE As part of their activities, the Monitoring Committee of Force Covid visited the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF) on Wednesday, 22nd July 2020. The...

Fight against Covid-19 in Africa

Toward a search for therapeutic solutions based on traditional medicine: Professor Souleymane Mboup selected by the WHO. In the search for response against Coronavirus, no solution is overlooked. The regional office of the World Health Organization for Africa has...

IRESSEF HOSTS A TRAINING SESSION ON THE TRANSPORT OF INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES

IRESSEF HOSTS A TRAINING SESSION ON THE TRANSPORT OF INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES The MSAS’ prevention directorate and the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF) are organizing a joint training session on the shipment of samples...

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