The European Mobile lab (EMLab), managed by the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), is specialized in field diagnostics of high consequence pathogens such as Ebola and Lassa viruses. The EMLab is a partner of the World Health Organization and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), and…
Following the request of the Beninese Ministry of Health, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) staff deployed to Benin on 6 – 12 June 2022 to assist with the establishment of Mpox diagnostics at the national laboratory for viral hemorrhagic fevers in Cotonou (LFH). In addition…
To support the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) with the establishment of Mpox virus diagnostics, and to increase the diagnostic capacities of the Institute for Lassa Fever Research and Control (ILFRC), a team from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) trained ILFRC staff…
In July 2021, 12 laboratory experts received a two-week theoretical and practical introduction to nanopore sequencing. Participants of the training were laboratory experts from the National Reference Laboratory for COVID-19 Laboratório Nacional de Referência da Tuberculose (LNR-TB), part of the Ministry of Health, and experts from the National Laboratory for…
During the visit of the RKI PASQUALE members, workshops on hand hygiene training for health personnel were led by a national expert in infection prevention and control (IPC), Ms Cissé. She sensitised health workers to the fundamental importance of infection prevention and hand hygiene in health care. The workshops trained…
Since 2018 the RKI supports activities of the project PASQUALE towards the Improvement of Hand Hygiene (HH) to reduce nosocomial infections in two Partner hospitals in Guinea and Ivory Coast. The project functions internally as collaboration between the Centre for international Health Protection (ZIG) and…