The session provides an opportunity to highlight the importance of using wastewater surveillance to monitor SARS-CoV-2 along with the virus variants circulating in the population.
Key objectives:
• The main goal is to maximize the potential of Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE) to ensure One Health approach by monitoring other pathogens, human exposure to environmental contaminants, biomarkers and antimicrobial resistance.
Expected outcomes:
• The session will develop a COVID-19 WBE unified platform for all COVID-19 groups and discuss how to establish cooperation with world-wide centers of communicable diseases (e.g., ECDC, CDC, NICD, SAMRC) and global and continental health initiatives (e.g., WHO, HERA) to develop an early warning alert mechanism in case of (re-) emergence of COVID-19 or possible future pandemics.
• The session will provide a platform for scientific disciplines, water associations, globally active water operators and major actors to develop world-wide capacity building activities especially for low- and middle-income countries.
• The outcomes of the session support the following Sustainable Development Goals; 2.4, 3.3, 3.D, 6.2, 6.3, 11.6, 14.1.
- Opening by moderator (5’)
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- Opening Speech by LOÏC FAUCHON (5’) (To be invited)
- Short roundtable with the panelist (1’x 10 )
Each panelist will introduce himself/herself and initiatives
- 1st question from the moderator Answers from 4 Panelli
Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
