Lagos State Biobank

In 2014, the Ebola Virus Disease Research Initiative (EVDRI) was commissioned after the successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease in order to mitigate against the future outbreaks of the disease in Lagos State. The purpose for the EVDRI was enhanced during the 2016 Emerging Infectious Disease Conference in Lagos, where the collaboration between Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Global Partnership Program, Canada for the establishment of a Public Health Molecular Laboratory with a Biobank Facility was initiated, and its final approval in January 2017. The objectives of establishing the facility are: To promptly diagnose diseases of public health importance during routine surveillance activities and during outbreaks of emerging highly pathogenic infectious diseases or incidents of environmental toxicity towards effective clinical management. To provide effective prevention, response and containment of biosecurity threats, which are of local and global concern. To provide the means to bank biological and/or environmental samples for medical research and international collaboration to fast track research and discovery. To design and develop diagnostic tools. To carry out Medical Research and Development-Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium