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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@numforh (program manager) thrilled to share the network's experience on harmonization of Buruli ulcer #PCR procedures at the #IMUCIII.
@CentrePasteur @WHO @TheDohertyInst @Skinntd_LabNet
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
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
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…
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
