🌍✨ We're excited to share this insightful news article from the European Commission on the recently supported "African Women Leaders – Frontiers in Biosecurity and Biosafety" workshop held last month in Dakar, where Praesens Care proudly participated.
👉 This 4-day event, organized by the African Epidemic Resilience Centre (#CARE), brought together 21 women professionals from 15 African countries to address the growing threats of biological risks and pandemics. The workshop combined expert-led sessions on biosafety, biosecurity, and hands-on fieldwork.
🚚 Praesens Care had the honor of supporting the practical fieldwork by showcasing the advantages of mobile laboratories, particularly the #BIONEAR and portable diagnostic devices.
🔉 “These units have been designed to enable rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases,” explained Idrissa Dieng, assistant researcher at the Pasteur Institute.
🔉 Dr. Chanceline Bilounga, a public health doctor from Cameroon, emphasized the importance of hands-on experience, stating, “You can have all the certifications you want, but if you haven’t practised them... you risk not doing the right thing.”
🔉 We’re proud to contribute to this initiative, which empowers women to take leadership roles in biosafety and biosecurity across Africa. In the words of EU Ambassador Jean-Marc Pisani, “It’s a message from the EU that we’re counting on these women leaders to unite tomorrow and meet the major challenges that lie ahead.”
💡 Read the full article for more insights: https://lnkd.in/eRE4fGt7
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