Below is a selection of our most impactful projects that illustrate the breadth of our work in research, outbreak preparedness, governance, capacity building, and policy development.
Ecology and distribution of influenza viruses among dairy cattle, goats, and sheep in Egypt.
Literature review on recent advances in influenza research on promoting the development and application of modern public health tools.
Ecology of swine flu viruses in avian influenza endemic countries
Providing technical support in the development of regional strategic guidance for the prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne and zoonotic infectious diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Enhancing cross-border cross-sectoral capacities to detect and respond to zoonotic high-consequence pathogen outbreaks in Angola and Mozambique.
Preventing malign access to sensitive biological samples by promoting national implementation of a regional framework for sample sharing in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Preventing malign access to sensitive biological information by creating a framework for regional, multi-sectoral sharing of outbreak data, information, and samples securely and confidentially in Western and Central Africa.
Enhancing transboundary outbreak detection and response capacity for high consequence pathogens through development of joint disease risk assessment operational guides in Kenya and Somalia.
SARS-CoV-2 research response in Lebanon
5-year project: Transmission dynamics of avian influenza viruses at the wild bird-poultry-human interfaces in Egyptian Live Bird Markets
Strengthening sharing of data, information, and samples pertaining to infectious diseases between the ministries of health and agriculture and academic institutions in Morocco and Jordan.
2-year project: Enhancing national capabilities and capacities to rapidly detect outbreaks of high consequence pathogens in the Middle East and North Africa region
Providing technical support to One Health partners to implement the (DTRA) Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance using the One Health approach activities related to strengthening at human-animal-environment interface.
7-year project: Transmission dynamics of AI at avian-human interface
Ecology of Influenza and MERS viruses in the Middle East.
Preventing malign access to sensitive biological samples by strengthening sample sharing frameworks in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Enhancing preparedness for transboundary outbreaks by developing a framework for regional, multi-sectoral sharing of information, data, and samples in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Reducing the threat of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and avian influenza in Jordan & strengthening regional disease surveillance capacity.
Preventing intentional biological incidents through strengthening cross-sector coordination between the ministries of health and agriculture in Egypt.
Providing specialized technical support to WHO-EMRO to finalize quality high standard regional documents related to zoonotic influenza.
Preliminary assessment for new wildlife SARS-CoV-2 reservoir establishment.
Coronaviruses at the human-animal interface in Egypt.
Providing specialized technical support to WHO-EMRO-CPI to finalize quality high standard regional documents related to the health of migrants and refugees.
Developing and testing literature-based case studies to strengthen One Health research networks and improve responses to biological threats in Egypt.
Case-control study of pandemic A/H1N1 risk factors in Lebanon.
