Strengthening Environmental Surveillance to Advance Public Health Action

Project Information

ODIN

Grant agreement ID: 101103253

DOI

10.3030/101103253

EC signature date 2 June 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2027

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 5 210 037,50

EU contribution

€ 5 185 037,50

Coordinated by

LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Sweden

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Sample pre-treatment SOP

Laboratory handbook (SOPs) for environmental surveillance in sub-Saharan countries. Pre-treatment of environmental samples, microbiological and molecular detection, quantification, and high-throughput sequence-based characterization.

Kick-off meeting report

A detailed summary with agenda, participants, and conclusions/objectives /follow-ups from the initial meeting.

Minutes of Annual Progress and SAB meetings

First meeting M13Second meeting M25Third meeting M36The minutes detail the agenda, participants, date, questions, as well as conclusions or decisions from the meetings.

Report of the existing surveillance and development needs in TZ, DRC, BF

Report of the existing infectious disease surveillance and development needs including potential of environmental surveillance actions in TZ, DRC, and BF.

Webinar records describing processing pathways as training video. Laboratory handbook (SOPs) for mobile surveillance workflow transferred to Zenodo

Laboratory handbook that will contain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for mobile surveillance workflow will be published on Zenodo webpage (https://zenodo.org/). The laboratory handbook will include sampling methodology, selected DNA/RNA extraction methods and procedures on quantitative (qPCRs) and qualitative analysis (Oxford Nanopore sequencing). In the last phase of the project duration a final version of Laboratory handbook with updated SOPs protocols will be published. The same SOPs will be used as the basic for the preparation of webinars being published on the Cordis website or YouTube.

Educational program review

Review of current existing material for education within bioinformatics and sequencing

Local data processing

Report on established local data processing and QC analysis to ensure data quality and efficient use of samples.

Environmental pathogen surveillance protocol in sub-Saharan countries

Report entailing the protocol proposal for environmental pathogen surveillance of selected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan countries.

Dissemination and exploitation plan
Yearly status update on collaboration activities

Yearly status update on collaboration activities (12, 24, 36).

Publications

Peer reviewed papers, newsletters and policy briefsFirst: M12Second: M24Third: M36

Data generation processes integration

Report on integration with data generation processes, allowing data collection and submission from local data generators to a central data management system for integration.

Signing of a Collaboration Agreement

The collaboration within the Genomic Epidemiology Network will be governed by a Collaboration Agreement and membership will include all participating projects that are linked through Article 7 in their grant agreements, namely EpiGen Ethiopia, GenPath Africa, GREAT-LIFE, PANGenS, ODIN, NGS4PublicHealth.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Knowledge Transfer Hub

An online knowledge transfer hub to support the community of practice (COP) convened in WP1, that tracks, measures and reports the successful uptake of the COP

Launch project on website

The project will be launched on TGHN knowledge hub, with information and links to the project, participants, and contact information.

Conference presentations

Conference presentations (e.g. EDCTP/CDC)First: M12Second: M24Third: M36

Activity reports of ODIN webpage and social media

Activity reports of ODIN webpage and social mediaFIrst: M12Second: M24Third: M36

Workshop platform

A package of workshops for stakeholders, students, and clinicians

Data Management Plan (1)

Consortium Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan detailing how to manage all the data generated, and how to share it between the consortium members and general audience.

Publications

Book chapters (3)

Human Pathogen Surveillance Using a Mobile and Semi-Autonomous Environmental Workflow

Author(s): Krolicka, A., Thanh Tam Toan, T., Shea, D., Le Tressoler, A., Bagi, A., Okoli, A. S.& Mbachu, C.
Published in: Zenodo, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14209148

ODIN Protocol for Environmental Pathogen Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Countries

Author(s): Taru Miller, null null, Tarja Pitkänen, null null, Outi Nyholm, null null, Kristiina Valkama, null null, Marc Christian Tahita, null null, Vito Baraka, null null, Vivi Maketa, null null, Eric Lyimo, null null, Hillary Sebukoto, null null, Palpouguini Lompo, null null, Melissa Kabena, null null, Adriana Krolicka, null null
Published in: ODIN Wastewater Surveillance Project, 2025
Publisher: The Global Health Network
DOI: 10.48060/TGHN.155

ODIN Laboratory Handbook Standard Operating Procedures for Pre-treatment of Environmental Samples, Pathogen Analytics and Whole Genome Sequencing

Author(s): Haider Al-Hello, null null, Outi Nyholm, null null, Tarja Pitkänen, null null, Elisa Salmivirta, null null, Anni Vainio, null null, Kristiina Valkama, null null, Vito Baraka, null null, Eric Lyimo, null null, Steven Mnyawonga, null null, Edward Msoma, null null, Hillary Sebukoto, null null, Modest Chuwa, null null, Jackson Claver, null null, Ibrahim Mauki, null null, Nyambura Moremi, null null, Zakaria Garba, null null, Palpouguini Lompo, null null, Yougbaré Sibidou, null null, Marc Tahita, null null, Melissa Kabena Kabengele, null null, Vivi Maketa, null null, Evodie Ngelesi, null null, Mays Kisala, null null, Brigitte Modadra Madakpa, null null, Tavia Bodisa Matamu, null null, Marie-Anne Kavira Muhindo, null null, Michel Ngimba, null null, Pascal Kabuyaya Nzoloka, null null, Esperance Tsiwedi Tsilabia, null null
Published in: ODIN Wastewater Surveillance Project, 2025
Publisher: The Global Health Network
DOI: 10.48060/TGHN.154

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Environmental surveillance as a sentinel for emerging outbreaks: Lessons from mpox in Africa

Author(s): Rolf Lood, Vivi Maketa Tevuzula, Paul Kingpriest
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue 49, 2026, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd
DOI: 10.56367/OAG-049-12345

From surveillance to systems: Scaling environmental genomics for epidemic preparedness in Africa

Author(s): Rolf Lood, Vivi Maketa TV, Paul Kingpriest
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue 51, 2026, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd
DOI: 10.56367/OAG-051-12360

Emergence and Global Spread of Mpox Clade Ib: Challenges and the Role of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance

Author(s): Ananda Tiwari, Thierry Kalonji, Taru Miller, Tim Van Den Bossche, Adriana Krolicka, Hypolite Muhindo-Mavoko, Patrick Mitashi, Marc Christian Tahita, Rolf Lood, Tarja Pitkänen, Vivi Maketa
Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 231, 2025, ISSN 0022-1899
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/INFDIS/JIAF006

Project ODIN: advancing environmental genomic surveillance for public health across sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s): Bonny Baker, José Antonio Baz Lomba, Joseph Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Andreas Berglöf, Sakina Bombaywala, Tracey Calvert-Joshua, Bérenger Kaboré, Paul Kingpriest, Trudie Lang, Joshua I Levy, Palpouguini Lompo, Eric Lyimo, Lennart Martens, Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, Bart Mesuere, Nyambura Moremi, Nicola Mulder, Sainabou Laye Ndure, Muhammed Ahmed Rameto, Tobias F Rinke de Wit, Hillary Sebukoto, Emily Smith, Marc Christian Tahita, Vivi Maketa Tevuzula, Beth A Tippett Barr, Ananda Tiwari, Tam Tran, Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa, Tim Van Den Bossche, Dawit Wolday, Adriana Krolicka, Vito Baraka, Tarja Pitkänen, Rolf Lood
Published in: The Lancet Microbe, 2026, ISSN 2666-5247
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.LANMIC.2026.101426

Strengthening pathogen and antimicrobial resistance surveillance through environmental monitoring in sub-Saharan Africa: stakeholder perspectives

Author(s): Ananda Tiwari, Taru Miller, Vito Baraka, Marc Christian Tahita, Vivi Maketa, Bérenger Kaboré, Paul Tunde Kingpriest, Patrick Mitashi, Eric Lyimo, Hillary Sebukoto, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Tarja Pitkänen
Published in: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Issue 270, 2026, ISSN 1438-4639
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJHEH.2025.114651

Harnessing genomic and bioinformatics for surveillance of pathogens in Africa: a scoping review of existing training and gaps in training

Author(s): Paul Tunde Kingpriest, John Bok, Palpouguini Lompo, Evodie Ngelesi, Joseph Mwaka, Sainabou Laye Ndure, Nyambura Moremi, Vito Baraka, Tim Van Den Bossche, Sakina Bombaywala, Bart Mesuere, Lennart Martens, Trudie Lang
Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases, Issue 26, 2026, ISSN 1471-2334
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12879-026-13671-2

Conference proceedings (1)

Strengthening environmental surveillance to advance public health action (ODIN)

Author(s): Tarja Pitkänen, Adriana Krolicka, Vito Baraka, Vivi Maketa, Marc Christian Tahita, Lennart Martens, Trudie Lang, Bart Mesuere and Rolf Lood
Published in: "The International Conference ""Towards a Global Wastewater Surveillance System for Public Health: GLOWACON 2023", Issue JRC137385, 2024, ISBN 978-92-68-14831-0
Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union
DOI: 10.2760/425638