Strengthening the West African Sub-region's Defence Against Emerging and Re-emerging High-Priority Pathogens and Public Health Threats.
IVEPCR delivers diagnosis, research, training and outbreak response for Lassa fever and other high-consequence infectious diseases — from Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria.
A national reference centre for high-consequence pathogens.
Housed within Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, IVEPCR has, for nearly two decades, played a critical role in outbreak detection, laboratory confirmation, sequencing and clinical research across Lassa fever, Ebola, Mpox, Dengue, Yellow fever and other emerging viral threats.
Established in 2007 as the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, today the Institute is a regional hub for diagnostics, research and outbreak response across West Africa.
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Surveillance, diagnostics & response across high-consequence agents.
Four pillars of West Africa's pandemic readiness.
Diagnostics
BSL-3 molecular and serology workflows with mobile laboratory deployment for outbreak surge response.
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Clinical trials, sequencing and bioinformatics across high-consequence viral and bacterial pathogens.
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Institutional biorisk committee, SOPs and DTRA-supported BSL-3 infrastructure now under construction.
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Mentorship, exchange programmes and a regional teleconference centre for biosurveillance networks.
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Our work is enabled by collaborations across government, academia and multilateral partners.
Two decades of measurable contribution.
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