Editorial

Launch of the Laboratory for Major Tropical Epidemics (LAGET) in Chad: Strengthening the capacity for epidemiological surveillance, monitoring and diagnosis of endemic or emerging infectious diseases in Central Africa

Franck Mennechet, Laurent Andreoletti, Giulia Cappelli, Joseph Fokam, Jules-Roger Kuiate, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Jacques Simporé, Rodrigue Takoudjou Dzomo, Judith Torimiro, Nicaise Ndembi, Vittorio Colizzi
Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 13, No 4 | a397 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2022.2457 | © 2024 Franck Mennechet, Laurent Andreoletti, Giulia Cappelli, Joseph Fokam, Jules-Roger Kuiate, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Jacques Simporé, Rodrigue Takoudjou Dzomo, Judith Torimiro, Nicaise Ndembi, Vittorio Colizzi | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 April 2024 | Published: 31 December 2022

About the author(s)

Franck Mennechet, International Scientific Committee LAGET; Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging Infections, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Établissement Français du Sang, Antilles University, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Laurent Andreoletti, International Scientific Committee LAGET; EA-4684 Research Laboratory, UFR Médecine, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne and Virology Department, CHU Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
Giulia Cappelli, International Scientific Committee LAGET; CNR Rome, Rome, Italy
Joseph Fokam, International Scientific Committee LAGET; Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaoundé, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Jules-Roger Kuiate, International Scientific Committee LAGET; University of Dschang and Evangelical University of Cameroon, Dschang, Cameroon
Ali Mahamat Moussa, International Scientific Committee LAGET; University of N’Djamena, N’Djamena, Chad
Jacques Simporé, University of Ouagadougou Ki-Zerbo, Centre de Recherche Biomoleculaire (CERBA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Rodrigue Takoudjou Dzomo, International Scientific Committee LAGET; Complexe Hospitalo-Universitaire Le Bon Samaritain, N’Djamena, Chad
Judith Torimiro, International Scientific Committee LAGET; Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaoundé, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Nicaise Ndembi, Editor-in-chief, Nigeria
Vittorio Colizzi, Editor-in-chief, Italy

Abstract

In an increasingly interconnected world, with the devastating effects of climate changes and humanitarian crises, pandemics and emerging infectious diseases are more likely to become our daily reality. When it comes to health care, sub-Saharan Africa faces more challenges than most other regions of the world, including lack of funds, precarity and poor infrastructures. Yet, these areas are most often on the front lines of infectious threats.


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