A laboratory network and a new program model for external quality assessment of PCR-based diagnostics for Skin NTDs in endemic African countries
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Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day!
Chikungunya
Dengue
Dracunculiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
Mycetoma
Noma
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Rabies
Schistosomiasis
Trachoma & other neglected tropical diseases
affect 1.5 BILLION people globally, with the African region bearing approximately 40% of the global NTD burden. who.int/campaigns/world-ntd-…
#UniteActEliminate #BeatNTDs
Genetic characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi from non-genital skin lesions in Cameroon
journalofinfection.com/artic…
Coordinator of the @Skinntd_LabNet giving a keynote talk at the session on Diagnostics of the #IMUCIII.
@SEyangoh @CentrePasteur @WHO @TheDohertyInst
On day 1 of the #IMUCIII, @SergesTchatcho1 presented a poster on the use of sponges as an alternative sample source for Buruli ulcer diagnosis.
@CentrePasteur @SEyangoh @TheDohertyInst @FINDdx @SwissTPH
The @Skinntd_LabNet represented at the ongoing 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference #IMUCIII in Melbourne, Australia, 20-22 November 2024.
@WHO @CentrePasteur @AmericanLeprosy @Anesvad
@Cambridge_Uni @TheDohertyInst
Great visibility talk by @Chaitanya_VS, sharing the @BU_LabNet lessons learned including transition to the skin NTD LabNet at the 6th @WHO #NTD DTAG meeting, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 February 2024.@CentrePasteur @SEyangoh
#integration
#BeatNTDs
#NTDRoadmap2030
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
Thanks to @AmericanLeprosy support, we were able to attend and present how harmonization of diagnostic throughout laboratories in Africa could be a new strategy to transform lab medecine taking an example for skinNTDs.@RaoulFollereau @Anesvad
The skin NTD LABNET (previously @BU_LabNet) currently represented at the #ASLM2023 Conference holding in Cape Town, South Africa, from 12-15 December 2023
@CentrePasteur
@AmericanLeprosy
@WHO
The @inrb_kinshasa in DR Congo has benefitted from a 4-day (20th-23rd November 2023) technical support visit by Mr. KAMDEM Yannick from the @CentrePasteur which is the Skin NTD LABNET (previously @BU_LabNet) coordinating center.
@WHO @Anesvad @RaoulFollereau @AmericanLeprosy
Kick-off: Day 2 of the @BU_LabNet annual meeting centered on the harmonization of other skin NTDs onto the BU PCR platform. @WHO @CentrePasteur @NMIMR_UG
#integration
#skinNTDs
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
Here we are in ACCRA !with a rich participant list member of laboratories, diseases experts, partners... We expect to realize our vision of getting other Skin NTD on board and develop a clear road map for the transition from BU-LABNET to SKIN NTD LABNET.
Happening Now!
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Network of Buruli Ulcer PCR Laboratories (BU-LABNET) in the @WHO African Region.
@NMIMR_UG @CentrePasteur
#integration
#skinNTDs
Kindly follow the link below to register for the meeting;
wacren.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
Dr. Sara Eyangoh, Scientific Director, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, shares her message ahead of the Fifth Annual meeting of the Network Buruli ulcer PCR Laboratories (BU-LANBET) in the @WHOAFRO.
Register to join the meeting online using the link below: wacren.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
Le @CentrePasteur (CPC) participera à la 5ème rencontre annuelle du réseau Africain BULABNET (Buruli Ulcer Laboratory Network) qui se tiendra du 23 au 25 octobre 2023 à Accra au Ghana.
C'est le CPC qui en assure la coordination. @BU_LabNet
#santépublique #UlcèredeBuruli #NTD
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
We invite you to the 5th Annual Meeting of the Network Buruli Ulcer PCR Laboratories in the WHO African Region, @WHOAFRO, slated for October 23-25, 2023
Register to join the meeting online using the link below:
wacren.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Visit: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fifth-annu… to read more
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
The FIRST FIELD TEST for #Buruli ulcer (BU) with assays from @Mfrimpong @KCCR_GH & @BiomemeInc qPCR machine happened this week! In Songololo, DR Congo, ALM's @Chaitanya_VS used the Biomeme process (<50 minutes) to diagnose two children, who could then start treatment. #beatNTDs
Skin NTD Laboratory Network retweeted
Our senior director of #research & #innovation @Chaitanya_VS just visited St. Joseph's #Hospital in #Nigeria - newest member of @BU_LabNet - to train staff on PCR diagnostic testing! @daltonfndn
#NTDs #beatNTDs #science #laboratory #health #globalhealth #healthforall #partners
Third round #EQA program launched. Proficiency testing samples were shipped through DHL to 17 participating laboratories. As of 28 July 2023, all the laboratories had received the panels and are testing for result submission on 30 August 2023.
@CentrePasteur @AmericanLeprosy @WHO
