Objectives of the Project
- Provide training and enhance capabilities for the control and eventual elimination of anthrax from endemic regions in the country.
- Evaluation of existing capabilities for anthrax surveillance and knowledge of gaps (barriers) to anthrax control in endemic/high-burden regions.
- Evaluation, development and implementation of fit-for-purpose diagnostics for anthrax in humans, livestock, wildlife and the environment.
- Surveillance, molecular epidemiology and risk assessment and reporting ofanthrax in humans, livestock, wildlife and the environment.
- Development and implementation of fit-for-purpose interventions, strategiesfor the control and prevention of anthrax in humans, livestock, wildlife and the environment in endemic settings.
- Development of alternative therapeutic models for anthrax treatment.
- Bacterial genome and informatics studies.