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Press Release | April 11, 2025

WRAIR-Africa provides wastewater surveillance training to boost early outbreak detection

From 17-21 March 2025, the Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT visited the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Africa at their Western Field Station in Kenya for training on wastewater-based disease surveillance techniques.

During the training, experts shared techniques for selecting collection sites, collecting samples, and processing these samples using genetic sequencing to detect pathogens early—before patients display symptoms.

Read more on DVIDS here.