8(812)671-04-50 – Медицинский центр
RSS лента
Отправить обращение

Home

Dr. Olga Kanaeva took part in the meeting of the Pasteur Institutes Network in France


On June 24 to 25, 2025, the Pasteur Institute (Lille, France) hosted the Pasteur Network Wastewater Surveillance Meeting, in which Dr. Olga Kanaeva, Head, Laboratory of Etiology and Control of Viral Infections, took part.

The representatives of 23 Pasteur Institutes from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, as well as employees of international organizations, who presented the results of wastewater surveillance in their countries, attended the event. There was an exchange of experience between specialists in order to study the possibilities of introducing epidemiological surveillance of wastewater and to organize the employee training. During the Meeting the experts discussed the implementation of modern technologies in surveillance, the choice of optimal wastewater collection points, emerging difficulties and future prospects and ways of their solvation.

Participation in the meeting allowed to exchange experience with foreign colleagues, discuss the nuances of wastewater surveillance, particularly in the polio and enteroviruses field of surveillance. The knowledge gained will be applicable and used in the work of the Regional Center for Polio Surveillance, operating on the basis of St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute.