Table 1:  GET activities
Name	Date	Outcome
Ethics, Community Engagement and Ebola Survivor Advocacy and Support	October 2014	Ethical review of protocol for first ever convalescent trial in Liberia
Lagos State Ministry of Health	October 2014	Through an MOU with the Lagos State Government Ministry of Health, GET has supported the Ebola Core Research group formed in Lagos
Logistical support for ClinicalRM	November 2014	Logistics for massive air drop of blood mobiles, apheresis machines and medical supplies to Guinea Liberia and Nigeria
Biobanking Proposal	January  2015	First indigenous initiative proposal for a comprehensive attempt to secure all Ebola samples in the region and develop biobanking and biosafety facilities and frameworks presented to the Global Partnership
First African Voices and Leadership Conference on Ebola and EID	January 2015, Senegal	Dakar Declaration: Lack of biobanking and biosecurity capacity and frameworks is contributing factor to rapid spread of West African Ebola outbreak
Ebola Survivor Workshop with Ebola Survivors Association of Liberia (ESAL)	January 2015,  Liberia	Growth of 500 to 800 survivors registered with ESAL
Ebola Survivor Workshop with Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors (SLAES)	February, 2015 Freetown, Sierra Leone.	Building network of Ebola survivors and infrastructure. Piloted creative fine art as a means of healing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder experienced by survivors.
Knowledge, Attitude and Perception Study	February 2015, Sierra Leone	Introduced new study to attempt to understand factors in community that generate discrimination against Ebola survivors.
Engagement with NOGUCHI BSL 3 Facility	August 2015, Accra, Ghana	Development of Memorandum of Understanding for support to the most affected countries.
1^st WHO meeting on Ebola and Biobanking	May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland	GET represented at first WHO meeting on Ebola and biobanking . Agreed that an accelerated approach to biobanking was required with more indigenous representation to be scheduled in the West African region.
2^nd  WHO meeting on Ebola survivors and Biobanking	August 2015 Freetown, Sierra Leone,	A continuation of the discussion initiated in Geneva with a more focused approach on indigenous solutions. This was immediately followed by a GET workshop on Biobanking and Biosecurity
National biobanking and biosecurity policy workshop in Sierra Leone	August 2015 Freetown, Sierra Leone	First indigenous workshop on biobanking and biosecurity, aimed at supporting the Government of Sierra Leone to develop its national biobanking and biosecurity framework.
West African Task force for the research into Emerging and re-emerging Infections (WATER).	August 2015 Sierra Leone	Founding members of GET and representatives of WATER agreed to synchronize activities in the West African Region, to ensure elimination of duplicity and ensure effective use of resources and human capacity.
MSF-GET	August 2015 Sierra Leone	Series of meeting between GET and MSF culminated in a strategic approach to coordinate and support the efforts of GET and WATER to accelerate biobanking and biosecurity capacity in Africa
African Gong	August 2015 Cape Town,  South Africa	Founding members of African Gong and GET met to map out the modalities of hosting the first African Conference on Science Communication and Public understanding of science.
WHO Ethics meeting	September 2015 Cape Town, South Africa	GET PI gave a summary of the second WHO meeting held in Freetown, aimed at further refining guidelines for the ethical approach to public health emergencies based on lessons learned during the Ebola outbreak.
Trends Symposium to support the Biological Weapons Convention	September 2015 Poland	GET Principal Investigator was requested to give an overview of the biosecurity issues in the Ebola affected region and how new technology has made a difference.
Royal College of Pathologists of the United Kingdom (RCPath)	September 2015 Kampala, Uganda	GET and senior members of the International Division of the Royal College of Pathology, met at the Labskills Africa conference to map out  future collaborations
Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) meeting organized by the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM).	October 2015. Freetown, Sierra Leone.	GET members invited, participated in this meeting contributing to improved understanding of the biosecurity deficits in the region.
Africa Union Peace and Security Department. Consultative meeting on the Universalization of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Africa.	October 2015. Addis, Ethiopia	GET was invited as a speaker and observer to share experiences in the containment strategies of the Ebola Outbreak and contributions towards capacity building for enhanced implementation of the BWC.