Building capacity for genomic surveillance to detect new evolutionary threats to malaria control in Africa

Objectives

The overall goal of this project is to accelerate the generation, use, and sharing of genomic data to detect and characterise new evolutionary threats to malaria control in Africa. By establishing this capacity, we will be able to detect any type of evolutionary change,  aiding in surveillance for future malaria control interventions.

Specific objectives:

1. develop tools and methods for analysing malaria parasite and vector genomic data
2. conserve and expand existing parasite and vector genomic datasets 
3. support the MalariaGEN community
4. develop a plan to transition the MalariaGEN management / governance and data resources to African leadership