Context In Sri Lanka, infectious diseases caused by viruses are widespread and are often diagnosed solely through medical examination. Due to insufficient access, modern laboratory diagnostic methods are used only to a limited extent in this region. As a result, numerous diseases either remain undetected or are not detected in…
Context Numerous international infectious disease outbreaks in recent decades have demonstrated that emerging infectious diseases are a major threat to public health. In Sri Lanka, a tropical island characterised by its rich biodiversity and abundance of wildlife, there is a particularly high risk of viral spillover events. However, the country’s…
Short Description The early identification of pathogens plays an important role in controlling outbreaks of infectious diseases. The IDEA project will strengthen the diagnostic capacity for rapid detection of emerging infectious diseases in project countries and will gradually expand to include public health-relevant pathogens. Through community studies on the occurrence…
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…
Within the framework of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP), the IDEA project focuses on the molecular diagnostics of highly pathogenic viruses in Sri Lanka. In the course of the past years, PCR laboratories were set up in the partner institutions Colombo North Teaching Hospital (CNTH) and University of Colombo…
It is one of the main goals of the IDEA project, attached to the Global Health Protection Program (GHPP), to establish and perpetuate capacities in diagnostics for the rapid identification of emerging infectious diseases in the partner country Sri Lanka. The range of diagnostics is being widened gradually by already…