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Dr. Ivy Asantewaa Asante
BSc, MPhil, PhD
0244296984
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inanaama@yahoo.com

Roles

  1. Senior Research Fellow, Department of Virology
  2. Deputy Quality Officer, Department of Virology

Focus of Work

  1. Surveillance for respiratory pathogens among human population
  2. Surveillance for avian influenza among animals
  3. Adaptation of avian influenza viruses to the mammalian hosts
  4. Survival of SARS-CoV-2 in the tropical environment 

 

Current projects 

  • Surveillance for influenza viruses among acute respiratory illnesses in Ghana Funding: US Naval Medical Research Unit #3 
  • COVID surveillance Intensification Project (CSIGN) 

Funding: EDTCP

  • Enhanced Strategies to Protect and Improve Health Security in Ghana (ESPHIS-Gh)

Funding: US-CDC

  • Sustaining and Improving surveillance of human and animal influenza and other respiratory pathogens in Ghana (SHARPEN-FLU)

Funding: US-CDC

Publications