Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust COVID-19 Epidemic Preparedness
Year of award: 2020
Grantholders
Dr Ben Morton
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dr Henry Mwandumba
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Dr Jennifer Cornick
University of Liverpool
Dr Peter MacPherson
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Prof Stephen Gordon
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Project summary
Malawi is at high risk of COVID-19 epidemic spread, the healthcare system is fragile and the population vulnerable to severe disease.
We propose epidemic preparedness activities for COVID-19. These are split into three work packages: diagnostic capacity and genomics surveillance; secondary care; and epidemiology and control.
Strategically, we have designed our activities to develop a platform for Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust (MLW) to rapidly pivot into response mode to support the healthcare system and deliver excellent research for current and future epidemic disease threats.
Our key goals are to provide diagnostic capability in Malawi for the COVID-19 epidemic, and to develop clinical and epidemiological tools to manage epidemic disease in Malawi.