WHO and ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases strengthen their collaboration in the area of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections

WHO
Jun 28, 2022

WHO and ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases strengthen their collaboration in the area of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections


Dr Meg Doherty, Director of WHO's Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Programmes (WHO/HHS), and Professor Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Director of ANRS | Emerging infectious diseases, signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at supporting and strengthening their collaboration in research and knowledge sharing to support global health policy development and implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The signature took place on 27 June 2022, in Paris, during the annual meeting of the international network of the ANRS | Emerging infectious diseases.

To strengthen the technical and strategic collaboration, WHO and the ANRS | Emerging Infectious Diseases signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving the scientific and technical cooperation between the 2 institutions in the area of HIV, hepatitis and STIs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), notably in west and central African countries, in the following overarching areas: