WastPan - Wastewater-based surveillance as pandemic preparedness tool

WastPan (Wastewater-based surveillance as pandemic preparedness tool) -project aims to develop a preparedness tool for environmental surveillance of infectious agents and antimicrobial resistance circulating in the communities.

WastPan is a three year project (2021-2023) and is implemented in consortium between Helsinki University, Finnish institute for health and welfare (THL) and Tampere University.

WastPan is funded by Academy of Finland (https://www.aka.fi/en/resilience), Finnish Water Utilities Development Fund, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and Ministry of Environment and National Emergency Supply Agency.

More information from project website:

https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/research-and-development/research-and-projects/wastewater-based-surveillance-as-pandemic-preparedness-tool-wastpan-