A network of laboratories across 10 Sub-Saharan African countries, ICGEB Italy, India and South Africa, and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) – collectively the EXPANDIA Working Group – has reached an important milestone in diagnosing diseases across the African Continent.
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Within the EXPANDIA project, the ICGEB Biomanufacturing lab developed protocols to decrease cold chain dependency and allow for the sustainable local production of reagents, making diagnostics more accessible even in remote areas.
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July 2024: A study was launched to investigate the presence and prevalence of arboviruses across nine African partner countries in the EXPANDIA project.
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Innovative strategies are underway world-wide to prepare for the onslaught of new viral infections.
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EXPANDIA is the ICGEB African laboratory network project to test and transfer cost-effective technologies for diagnostic laboratories in limited resource settings.
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EXPANDIA is the ICGEB African laboratory network project to test and transfer cost-effective technologies for diagnostic laboratories in limited resource settings.
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Publications and funding: an overview of some of the high-impact scientific papers published by ICGEB PIs in scientific journals this last quarter, and grants received, focusing on studies in Health.
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The “COVID-19: Community Access Diagnostics Laboratory Networks” project implemented by ICGEB, in partnership with New England Biolabs® (NEB®) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, built on the results of a pilot action, which took place between September 2020 and March 2021. During the pilot, four African reference laboratories in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, and […]
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