capable of performing bacterial culture and antibiotic susceptibility testing, particularly in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, the GHP funded project “development of standardized AMR laboratories”

structure and functions of laboratory systems and their effective and efficient management. Moreover, areas where laboratory systems overlap and/or complement health systems are being considered. The course

recommendations for integrating informal vendors into pharmaceutical regulation in Burkina Faso. Focus Areas : Affordable medicines, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, epidemiology and population health

animal BD and areas known to harbor BoDV-1 positive shrews. An assumed incubation period of a few months may mean that acute BoDV-1 encephalitis could present outside of BD endemic areas as well. The direct [...] go to publication. ©Emerging Infectious Diseases Human BoDV-1 cases appear rare, even in endemic areas, but show a high case-fatality ratio. Among several hundred tested human patients, BoDV-1 infections [...] residence close to nature in a stand-alone location or on the fringe of the settlement in virus-endemic areas is a risk factor with an adjusted Odds Ratio of 11. Locations of 20 BoDV-1 encephalitis cases’ households

this research is understanding the complexities of co-infection in tropical regions. Many of the areas where chikungunya and dengue are endemic also face high burdens of protozoan diseases, such as malaria

independent working open-source LIMS software has been established in our research labs in remote areas. This includes automated result transfer from the lab equipment and management of sample storage and

laboratories are becoming increasingly important for quick response to epidemic outbreaks in remote areas. Due to climate change and rising temperatures, emerging arboviruses (Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

interview ©BNITM | Kathrin Schuldt The objective: Strengthening local capacities of laboratories in the areas of molecular diagnostics and genome sequencing for pathogens with epidemic or pandemic potential,

topics of climate protection and infection control are central pillars of our research. In these areas, we investigate internal and external factors and processes that influence our behavior, ways to support

Communication working group for the past year. The goal of the trip was to discuss focal research areas and ideas with other research groups at BNITM and CERMEL and to get to know the medical and social [...] to develop psychological measurement tools that can be used across the globe and reliably identify areas for improvement. In collaboration with the One Health Bacteriology research group at the BNITM (group