Co-hosting a survivor workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors (SLAES). (February 2015)
Conducting a Knowledge, Attitude and Perception (KAP) study in Freetown, Sierra Leone.(February 2015)
Providing logistics and training for plasmapheresis capacity/ plasma fractionating procedures in Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Conducting national workshops on bio-banking and bio-security capacity in the Ebola affected countries of the Mano River Union (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea) sub-region of West Africa.(May 2015)
Providing direction and a detailed account of where policy reform should be directed during an emergency consultative meeting to the Africa Union Defense and Peace Division and the United Nations implementation Strategic Unit in line with the Biological Weapons Convention compliance. (October 2015)
Organizing a bio-banking, bio-safety and bio-security strategic meeting in West Africa.(November 2015)
Developing a comprehensive plan for securing Category A bioterrorism pathogens in the sub-region of West Africa.(December 2015)
Implementing the Ebola Biosecurity Sample Rescue, Inventory & Containment Project to mitigate threats posed by the abundance of samples of Ebola virus in West Africa through finalizing a methodology, plan and budget to identify, assess and consolidate priority Ebola samples in Sierra Leone into a secure and safe facility.(January 2016 – to date)
Implementing the Ebola Data Rescue and Verification Pilot Project for the development of data collection tools and establishment of a pilot data base for the mapping, capturing, quantifying and qualifying data of all Ebola related samples in Sierra Leone.(March 2016 – June 2016)
Co-hosting the “2nd African Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease and Biosecurity” with the theme – Strengthening African Health Systems: Building Resilience and Capacity to Tackle Epidemic Threats The conference was held to continue the scientific, ethical, and political discussions on ensuring biosafety and biosecurity for the region, and preventing an epidemic of the size and severity of the Ebola outbreaks from occurring again.(July 2016)
Undertaking the Ebola Data Rescue and Verification Main Project for recovery and verification of data related to samples obtained during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone currently held in laboratories about to close or which have been recently closed.(August 2016 – to date)
Developing guidelines for a national policy on bio banking, public health management of biological samples and data, inclusive of dangerous pathogens for Sierra Leone.(October 2016)
In collaboration with VERTIC, GET conducting a legislative review of Sierra Leone laws to assess the gaps that require strengthening to ensure compliance with international treaties on biosecurity and public health preparedness to handle threats caused by dangerous pathogens (November 2016).