About the Symposium

In this symposium, we will introduce the origins, scientific background, methodology and main findings of our genomic epidemiology study of the cholera outbreak taking place in Yemen.


This study led to the writing of a paper titled "Genomic epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Yemen reveals the spread of a multi-drug resistance plasmid between diverse lineages of Vibrio cholerae" which is currently under peer-review in a science journal, but can be viewed as a pre-print here:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.24.504966v1


This study was conducted by our consortium of collaborators, including scientists and public health professionals from Sana’a Ministry of Health, National Centre for People Health Laboratories, Sana’a University, Institut Pasteur (Paris), University of Toronto and Wellcome Sanger Institute.


Talks contributed to this symposium will showcase the diversity of background and expertise of members of our consortium, so as to provide a complete introduction to the study, as well as more general information on the genomic epidemiology of cholera and other pathogens prevalent in Yemen.


The majority of talks will be accessible online as recordings for everyone to view in their own time.

Release date is on the Monday 10th October on YouTube.


Keynote talks will be delivered during a live session on Zoom.


This will be followed by two live sessions:

  • on Monday 17th October:

20 minutes keynote presentations by:

      • Khaled Almoayed (Ministry of Public Health and Population)

      • Nick Thomson (Wellcome Sanger Institute)

followed by questions & answers (Q&A)


  • on Tuesday 18th October:

Short summary presentations of the recorded talks by:

  • Alyce Taylor-Brown (WSI)

  • Florent Lassalle (WSI)

  • Matt Dorman (WSI)

  • Francois-Xavier Weill (PI)

  • Avril Coghlan (WSI)

followed by questions & answers (Q&A)


Question & Answer (Q&A) sessions on the Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th October are the opportunity for the audience to engage with the speakers of the talk, ask questions on the presentations and have a broader discussion around the Yemen cholera outbreak.


Talks will be delivered in English or Arabic. For a more inclusive experience Q&A sessions, an interpret will translate questions and answers


Zoom call links to live sessions will be sent to the email addresses registered through these forms: