Seminar - Biotechnology and Biosciences - Thursday, December 14, 2023, 4:30 pm, U3-BIOS Building, Room U3-10 / Webex
Giuditta Annibaldis, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract
Exactly ten years ago, one of the most dramatic outbreaks of the last century was starting in a small village in Guinea: the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. In 2 years, the Ebola virus infected more than 28 600 people, causing the death of 11 325. However, few years later in 2021, the resurgence of the EVD in Guinea had smaller impact than the previous outbreak. Something was changed in the meantime.
As an “outcome” of the 2014-2016 EVD outbreak, capacity building projects have started for diagnostic laboratories in risk areas for hemorrhagic viral diseases (VHFs). This reinforcement of capacity in country has strongly contributed in the last years in controlling the spread of several diseases, as EVD, Marburg virus disease and Lassa fever. An example like: “Sotto il guasto, vi è l’aggiusto”.
Host: Antonella Ronchi
LINK to participate in the seminar: https://unimib.webex.com/unimib-it/j.php?MTID=m9ca913382414759e63dde7593fe041dd
password: day14 (32914 da telefoni e sistemi video)
The seminar is OPEN to everyone.
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