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International Training and Education Center for Health
October 5, 2021
UW joins USAID’s $125M project to detect emerging viruses with pandemic potential
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To better identify and prevent future pandemics, the University of Washington has become a partner in a five-year global, collaborative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development. The newly launched Discovery & Exploration of Emerging Pathogens – Viral Zoonoses, or DEEP VZN project, has approximately $125 million in anticipated funding and will be led…