Short Description Few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), resulting in significant gaps in data pertaining to bacteria of public health relevance. In cooperation with TRICE, this project aims to enhance resistance diagnostics in project countries by introducing a blood culture diagnostic system. Aims of…
Short Description Health workforce is the key to health systems resilience. WHO describes a well-performing health workforce as “one that works in ways that are responsive, fair and efficient to achieve the best health outcomes possible, given available resources and circumstances”. In the current COVID-19 crisis, health care workers (HCWs)…
Short Description Blood and blood products are important medical products, acknowledged as indispensable by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, in many African countries, there is a deficiency in both the quantity and quality of available blood reserves. The procedures for performing, processing, storing, and testing blood donations are often…
Short Description COVID-19 strongly affects the living conditions of people, showing the value of reliable and timely information. The burden of disease (BoD) methodology is a suitable instrument to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population health, but while illness and death impose a considerable impact, the disease…
Short Description Respiratory infections represent a huge burden to the health systems in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). In the context of the current pandemic, the accurate and timely detection of the responsible respiratory pathogen has become increasingly crucial, particularly in Africa where healthcare capacities for severe cases are…
Description The main goal of the COVIDSeq_NET project is to determine the genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants since the beginning of the outbreak in Mozambique. As part of our long-term collaboration between the Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (RCB), we will perform…
Short Description The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the national health and care systems in hepatitis control. The need to reallocate resources and personnel, decreased accessibility to services, and temporarily reduced supplies of tests and medications are likely to have far-reaching consequences for other disease areas, including viral hepatitis.
Short Description Upon request by the World Health Organization/Global Outbreak and Response Network (WHO/GOARN) and/or project countries RKI staff supports international outbreak investigations. The coordination of the deployment of RKI staff and the administrative and logistic support for the international assignments are crucial for the effectiveness of any mission. The…
Short Description Ensuring the availability, quality and integrity of medicinal products worldwide remains critical and challenging for healthcare systems today. Patient safety is at the core of high-quality healthcare. Sub-standard drugs/poor quality products have a negative impact on the safety and effectiveness of treatments as well as directly contributing to…