International Pathogen Surveillance Network
On 20th May, 2023, World Health Organization (WHO) launched the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN).
Need
- COVID-19 highlighted the critical role pathogen genomics plays when responding to pandemic threats.
- As pointed out by the WHO that without the rapid sequencing of the SARS CoV-2 virus, vaccines would not have been as effective and would not have become available as quickly.
About IPSN
Mission
- A world where every country has equitable access to sustained capacity for genomic sequencing and analytics as part of its public health surveillance system.
Salient Features
- IPSN is a global network of pathogen genomic actors.
- It is hosted ....
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