Diagnostic stewardship study To evaluate the diagnostic stewardship interventions, a study with pre- and post-intervention data collection was conducted in two pilot secondary health care facilities in Abuja, Nigeria. The pre-intervention data collection took place from September 2020 to July 2021 (see report from December 2020). Due to the COVID-19…
At the end of the first phase of the GHPP-DQA project, alumni and trainers from all DQA trainings as well as project staff from BfArM, InphA and WHO met for a virtual alumni meeting. The central point was a review of the activities and achievements of the DQA project so…
Inspections contribute to blood safety and effectiveness Blood establishments do not only collect blood from donors, they often also have the license to further process the blood into the components needed for therapy. For this processes and manufacturing, blood establishments must comply with requirements – for example, for donor selection…
BloodTrain Haemovigilance Technical Support: Key Steps to Launch Agreement with the partner country on the major next steps and processes. Formation of a small team; the so-called Haemovigilance (HV) Task Team. In this team, all stakeholder groups of the partner country relevant for haemovigilance are represented: The Food And Drugs Authority…
To continue our capacity building program in Guinea, refresher trainings were organized in the three laboratories for viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in Conakry (CRV-LFHVG*), Gueckédou (LFHV-GKD*) and N’Zérékoré (LFHV-HRNZE*) to reinforce the laboratory preparedness and to contribute actively to the surveillance system of the country. Enhancement of reliable diagnostics in…
Recently, in July this year, the results of the clinical study PAIRR have been published. This publication resulted from the fruitful collaboration between ISTH and BNITM, which materialized in capacity building activities and the conduct of this observational clinical study. Following the above-mentioned clinical study, a clinical trial comparing…
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…
After being welcomed warmly by the management and entire staff of the chemistry division, the DQA team was introduced to the structures, the statuses as well as the perspectives of the laboratories at MCAZ. With three laboratory sections, the authority is able to perform the quality control of both medicines…
We arrive at our field site: the compound of one of the biggest abattoirs in the country, including a live animal market and a meat and grocery market. The air is thick with dust, and the whole place is busy and vibrant already. Most people are awake since 5am, time…