Laboratory capacity assessments in 25 African countries at high risk of yellow fever, August-December 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Pan Afr Med J
• Personal Author:
  Johnson, Barbara Wilmot ; Demanou, Maurice ; Fall, Gamou ; Betoulle, Jean-Luc ; Obiekea, Celestina ; Basile, Alison Jane ; Domingo, Cristina ; Goodman, Christin ; Mossel, Eric ; Reusken, Chantal ; Staples, Erin ; de Morais, Joana Filipa Machado ; Neto, Zoraima ; Paixão, Paula ; Denon, Yves Eric ; Glitho, Mariette ; Mahinou, José ; Kagone, Therese ; Nakoune, Emmanuel ; Gamougam, Kadidja ; Simbu, Elisabeth Pukuta ; Ahuka, Steve ; Mombouli, Jean-Vivien ; Goma-Nkoua, Cynthia ; Adjogoua, Edgard Valery ; Tayachew, Adamu ; Beyene, Berhane ; Sanneh, Bakary ; Jarju, Modou Lamin ; Mendy, Alphonse ; Amelor, Dodzi Kofi ; Ofosu-Appiah, Lawrence ; Opare, David ; Antwi, Lorreta ; Adade, Rexford ; Magassouba, N'Faly ; Gomes, Sabado Fernandes ; Limbaso, Samson ; Lutomiah, Joel ; Gbelee, Burgess ; Dogba, John ; Cisse, Issa ; Idde, Zakou ; Ihekweazu, Chikwe ; Mba, Nwando ; Faye, Ousmane ; Faye, Oumar ; Sall, Amadou Alpha ; Koroma, Zikan ; Juma, Manuela Alphonse ; Maror, James Ayei ; Eldigail, Mawahib ; Elduma, Adel Hussein ; Elageb, Rehab ; Badziklou, Kossi ; Komla, Koba Adjaho ; Kayiwa, John ; Lutwama, Julius Julian ; Hampton, Lee ; Mulders, Mick Norman
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  accurate and timely laboratory diagnosis of yellow fever (YF) is critical to the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance recognized the need to support and build capacity in the national and regional laboratories in the Global YF Laboratory Network (GYFLN) as part of this strategy.
  
  Methods
  
  to better understand current capacity, gaps and needs of the GYFLN laboratories in Africa, assessments were carried out in national and regional reference laboratories in the 25 African countries at high risk for YF outbreaks that were eligible for new financial support from Gavi.
  
  Results
  
  the assessments found that the GYFLN in Africa has high capacity but 21% of specimens were not tested due to lack of testing kits or reagents and approximately 50% of presumptive YF cases were not confirmed at the regional reference laboratory due to problems with shipping.
  
  Conclusion
  
  the laboratory assessments helped to document the baseline capacities of these laboratories prior to Gavi funding to support strengthening YF laboratories.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Africa Capacity Building Diagnostics Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Humans Laboratories Laboratory Program Assessment Testing Yellow Fever

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• Source:
  Pan Afr Med J. 2021; 38
• Pubmed ID:
  34381546
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8325472
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  001/WHO_/World Health OrganizationInternational/
• Volume:
  38
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:81cca00e83423fe63cefe5f50ff96a0fe582eaa93d1ecfd787507834569b8af6
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