As a member of the Pasteur Network, IPD is a 100-year-old Senegalese institution dedicated to accelerating equitable access to healthcare. IPD is a leading public health and research institution actively engaged in pandemic preparedness, outbreak surveillance and response, and vaccine and diagnostics manufacturing. Through its Centre for Africa's Resilience to Epidemics (CARE) program and its laboratories, IPD supports African countries in building resilient capacities for early detection and rapid response to health threats.
The new three-year partnership aims to advance public health and life science collaboration in West Africa by leveraging the complementary strengths of PSI and IPD.
Key project areas will include the development of vaccines and rapid diagnostics, as well as capacity building and workforce training in good manufacturing practices and vaccine development.
The collaboration is spearheaded byProfessor Teresa Lambe OBE, Professor of Vaccinology atOxford Vaccine Group and the Pandemic Sciences Institute. She will also lead efforts on vaccine development for pathogens that are regionally relevant to West Africa and have a significant impact on global health security.
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