It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it!
As part of the JuaKivu project, we’re installing passive samplers at Kigali’s busiest public toilet to collect wastewater samples. #EDCTP3 & #HorizonEU juakivu.org
Wastewater surveillance=early warning for mpox
#PublicHealth

In Rwanda, scientists from 🇧🇮 🇷🇼 🇨🇩 joined a hands-on workshop on sequencing & bioinformatics.
This training strengthens local capacity for environmental surveillance & public health research. 🌍🧬 @EDCTP3 & @HorizonEU 👉https://juakivu.org #PublicHealth #Genomics #Virology

🧪 @juakivuproject.bsky.social study in Nature Communications reveals hidden transmission routes of clade Ib #Mpox in South Kivu, DRC—especially among sex workers and households. Crucial data for targeted vaccination strategies. Supported by EDCTP3

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Several @juakivuproject.bsky.social partners joined the
EDCTP Forum 2025 in Kigali. Exciting new data were presented and new connections made. Read more here: juakivu.org/news/jua-kiv...

Awesome to finally meet in person during the @JuaKivu_viro consortium meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. Now attending the #edctpforum ⁦meeting.
#edctp3

We have published a press release for the launch of the @juakivuproject.bsky.social project. Read more about how we contribute to better understand of the ongoing #mpox outbreak here: juakivu.org/news/jua-kiv...

Excited to share yet another publication from @juakivuproject.bsky.social. We confirm that sexual transmission was a likely cause of the rapid MPXV clade Ib spread but that the virus also spreads through household transmission. Read more here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@EDCTP3 @HorizonEU

The first JUA KIVU paper has been published in Nature Medicine! We show that #mpox rapidly spreads mostly through sexual contact within densely populated areas, highlighting the need for extended collaboration, health education strategies, contact tracing, clinical care and surveillance.

We are JUA KIVU: a #horizoneurope -funded consortium with 5 partners in Africa and 3 in Europe. We conduct mpox emergency outbreak research to better understand the dynamics of the ongoing outbreak in the African Great Lakes region, providing evidence-based support for its containment.
juakivu.org