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CONTAGIO (COhorts Network To be Activated Globally In Outbreaks) is a consortium of investigators from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, coordinated by Dr. Thomas Jaenisch (Heidelberg University Hospital, University of Colorado School of Public Health). CONTAGIO aims to create coordination mechanisms to rapidly react to infectious disease (re-)emergence in low- and middle-income countries. The Consortium builds on the experience acquired through other EC-funded projects ReCoDiD, ORCHESTRA, ZIKAlliance, and IDAMS.

CONTAGIO (GA-Grant Agreement N. 101137283) is funded by the European Commission and includes 18 partners institutions from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Work Packages

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Cohort Preparedness Platform

Developing a roadmap for repurposing of cohorts in preparedness for (re-)emerging infectious diseases, including a toolbox for the maintenance of cohorts during interepidemic periods.

Harmonized Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis

Advancing the interoperability of future emerging infectious disease cohorts to make pooling of data from the scattered cohort landscape easier. And generate clinical-epidemiological tools, including electronic Case Report Forms with modular character to reflect the major clinical phenotypes of EIDs and promote their use

Ethics, Legal, Regulatory, and Governance

To address ethical, legal, regulatory and governance challenges for rapid (re)activation of emerging infectious disease cohorts.

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Virtual Biorepository

To develop a governance model for a virtual federated biorepository of samples from EID cohorts, so that Consortium partners are prepared to share characterised samples on short notice.