In a new study by our GenPath Africa colleagues Tulio de Oliveira, Cheryl Baxter and Eduan Wilkinson (Stellenbosch University), researchers analysed a decade of dengue disease burden in Africa and warn that dengue cases could increase significantly in the future.

A recent study by our GenPath Africa colleagues Tulio de Oliveira, Cheryl Baxter, Eduan Wilkinson and Abhinav Sharma at Stellenbosch University (SU) traced Malawi’s 2022–2023 cholera outbreak to bacteria from Pakistan and revealed how travel and climate-driven floods can fuel epidemics.

In July 2025, members of the GenPath Africa consortium organised two hands-on trainings in Mozambique and South Africa to strengthen genomic surveillance capacities and public health efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The 12th EDCTP Forum provided a powerful platform for advancing global health research. GenPath Africa was proudly represented by Prof Tulio de Oliveira, whose contributions highlighted the vital link between genomics, climate change, and public health in Africa.

On June 4-5, 2025, the GenPath Africa consortium convened in Antwerp, Belgium for its second annual meeting to share progress updates and align efforts to strengthen genomic epidemiology in Africa.

A new study by our GenPath Africa colleagues Sam Oyola and John Juma from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provides a targeted sequencing approach of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) on the portable MinION platform and marks a significant innovation in RVFV genomic surveillance.

Meet Nália Ismael, one of GenPath Africa’s young scientists, who recently earned her PhD from Stellenbosch University. She represents the GenPath Africa consortium at Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), where she leads efforts to increase genomic surveillance to improve the country’s response to public health threats.

On World TB Day, GenPath Africa’s PARR-TB team highlights its ongoing efforts to reduce the burden of drug-resistant TB in South Africa by integrating next-generation sequencing (NGS) into routine healthcare.

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently organised a stakeholder workshop on wastewater environmental surveillance, followed by a week-long training on wastewater genomic surveillance in Nairobi, Kenya.

A recent study by our GenPath Africa colleagues Michele Miller, Wynand Goosen, Rob Warren and Tanya Kerr from Stellenbosch University (SU) found evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in water sources shared by animals and humans in rural South Africa.

Together with members of the EpiGen Ethiopia consortium, our GenPath Africa colleagues Tulio de Oliveira, Cheryl Baxter and Eduan Wilkinson from Stellenbosch University (SU) examined the genetic diversity of a recent dengue virus outbreak in Ethiopia.

To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to some of the inspiring women who are part of the GenPath Africa consortium about their work and what advice they would give to the next generation of women in science.

A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Tongai Maponga, Gert Van Zyl, Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter and Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) develops a new sequencing protocol for sequencing Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).

As part of GenPath Africa’s PARR-TB team, Annelies Van Rie recently attended a workshop that focused on best practices around the clinical management of people with rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB).

GenPath Africa coordinator Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) recently published a commentary on current threats to genomics, especially in the global south.

In a recent study GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren and Tanya Kerr from Stellenbosch University (SU) used advanced sequencing techniques to investigate previously unidentified mycobacteria species in TB-infected sites outside the lungs.

A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Samuel Oyola and John Juma from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provides a genomic retrospective study on Rift Valley Fever outbreaks in Rwanda.

GenPath Africa partners at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently held two stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance in Kisumu and Mombasa, Kenya.

In a recent study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU), researchers developed a new method to characterize the mycobacteria present in animal tissue samples.

On 24 July 2024, the GenEpi Network Steering Committee held its first meeting to discuss future collaboration within the network.