Our publications

2022
- Adapting teaching and learning in times of COVID-19: a comparative assessment among higher education institutions in a global health network in 2020.
  - Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Linda Kintu-Sempa, Carola Eyber, Ralf Weigel, Bruno Broucker, Marie Lindkvist, Nuria Casamitjana, Rodney Reynolds, Hans-Friedemann Klinkel, Alberto Matteelli & Guenter Froeschl
  - 22(1):507. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03568-4. PMID: 35764985
  - 2022-06-28
2021
- Case studies on the management of public health events in Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East - the GIBACHT approach.
  - Mertens E.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 17;40(Suppl 2):6. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.34149. PMID: 36340896; PMCID: PMC9617016.
  - 2021-12-17
- Emergence of a febrile illness of unknown causes among the population and visitors of Upper Egypt.
  - Ibrahim MM, Amir AH, Strauss R, Syed MA, Mertens E.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):3. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30988. PMID: 36285256; PMCID: PMC9532273.
  - 2021-12-16
- Cholera outbreak in Funpur, Winland.
  - Shah MN, Saleh E, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):4. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30989. PMID: 36285255; PMCID: PMC9532274.
  - 2021-12-16
- Containment of a fatal and highly infectious disease outbreak.
  - Mwanje W, Mohammed MA, Gidimadjor E, Mertens E, Bürkin BM, Hoffmann A.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):2. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30897. PMID: 36285254; PMCID: PMC9532272.
  - 2021-12-16
- Investigation of an outbreak caused by an unknown infectious pathogen in rural Zola
  - Aku FY, Beisembekova D, Adebisi NA, Mertens E, Wende L, Marashi SM, Dywicki J.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):5. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30990. PMID: 36285253; PMCID: PMC9532275.
  - 2021-12-16
- Outbreak investigation of an unknown gastrointestinal illness in District Victoria, Country Mala, 2016.
  - Syed MA, Shumuye NA, Anyorikeya M, Usenbaev N, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 15;40(Suppl 2):1. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30992. PMID: 36285257; PMCID: PMC9532271.
  - 2021-12-15
- The East African Community (EAC) mobile laboratory networks in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan-from project implementation to outbreak response against Dengue, Ebola, COVID-19, and epidemic-prone diseases.
  - Affara M, Lagu HI, Achol E, Karamagi R, Omari N, Ochido G, Kezakarayagwa E, Kabatesi F, Nkeshimana A, Roba A, Ndia MN, Abudo MU, Kabanda A, Mpabuka E, Mwikarago EI, Kutjok PE, Samson DD, Deng LL, Moremi N, Kelly ME, Mkama PBM, Magesa A, Balinandi SK, Pimundu G, Nabadda SN, Puradiredja DI, Hinzmann J, Duraffour S, Gabriel M, Ruge G, Loag W, Ayiko R, Sonoiya SS, May J, Katende MJ, Gehre F.
  - BMC Med. 2021 Jul 9;19(1):160. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02028-y. PMID: 34238298; PMCID: PMC8266482.
  - 2021-07-09
- Commentary: mobile laboratories for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics: what Europe could learn from the East African Community to assure trade in times of border closures.
  - Gehre F, Lagu H, Achol E, Katende M, May J, Affara M.
  - Global Health. 2021 Apr 23;17(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00700-9. PMID: 33892773; PMCID: PMC8063167.
  - 2021-04-23
2020
- Reasons for and barriers to biosafety and biosecurity training in health-related organizations in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia: findings from GIBACHT training needs assessments 2018-2019
  - Rutebemberwa E, Aku FY, Zein EIKA, Bellali H
  - Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Sep 16;37:64. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.64.23390. PMID: 33244327; PMCID: PMC7680230.
  - 2020-09-16

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