Skin NTD Laboratory Network

A laboratory network and a new program model for external quality assessment of PCR-based diagnostics for Skin NTDs in endemic African countries

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day!

Chikungunya
Dengue
Dracunculiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
Mycetoma
Noma
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Rabies
Schistosomiasis
Trachoma & other neglected tropical diseases

affect 1.5 BILLION people globally, with the African region bearing approximately 40% of the global NTD burden. https://t.co/C6vv2lXPQE

#UniteActEliminate #BeatNTDs

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

Genetic characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi from non-genital skin lesions in Cameroon
https://t.co/SDdmM8BRzR

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

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[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

@WHO and @CentrePasteur renewed a 3-year MOU in November 2024 to advance the @Skinntd_LabNet in the areas of coordination, capacity building, research and visibility of the network.
@AmericanLeprosy
@RaoulFollereau
@Anesvad

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

@numforh (program manager) thrilled to share the network's experience on harmonization of Buruli ulcer #PCR procedures at the #IMUCIII.
@CentrePasteur @WHO @TheDohertyInst @Skinntd_LabNet

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

Coordinator of the @Skinntd_LabNet giving a keynote talk at the session on Diagnostics of the #IMUCIII.
@SEyangoh @CentrePasteur @WHO @TheDohertyInst

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

On day 1 of the #IMUCIII, @SergesTchatcho1 presented a poster on the use of sponges as an alternative sample source for Buruli ulcer diagnosis.
@CentrePasteur @SEyangoh @TheDohertyInst @FINDdx @SwissTPH

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

The @Skinntd_LabNet represented at the ongoing 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference #IMUCIII in Melbourne, Australia, 20-22 November 2024.
@WHO @CentrePasteur @AmericanLeprosy @Anesvad
@Cambridge_Uni @TheDohertyInst

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

Great visibility talk by @Chaitanya_VS, sharing the @BU_LabNet lessons learned including transition to the skin NTD LabNet at the 6th @WHO #NTD DTAG meeting, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 February 2024.@CentrePasteur @SEyangoh
#integration
#BeatNTDs
#NTDRoadmap2030

[Sara Irène Eyangoh PhD, HDR @SEyangoh]

@BU_LabNet @CentrePasteur @AmericanLeprosy @WHO Thanks to @AmericanLeprosy support, we were able to attend and present how harmonization of diagnostic throughout laboratories in Africa could be a new strategy to transform lab medecine taking an example for skinNTDs.@RaoulFollereau @Anesvad

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

The skin NTD LABNET (previously @BU_LabNet) currently represented at the #ASLM2023 Conference holding in Cape Town, South Africa, from 12-15 December 2023
@CentrePasteur
@AmericanLeprosy
@WHO

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

The @inrb_kinshasa in DR Congo has benefitted from a 4-day (20th-23rd November 2023) technical support visit by Mr. KAMDEM Yannick from the @CentrePasteur which is the Skin NTD LABNET (previously @BU_LabNet) coordinating center. 
@WHO @Anesvad @RaoulFollereau @AmericanLeprosy

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

Kick-off: Day 2 of the @BU_LabNet annual meeting centered on the harmonization of other skin NTDs onto the BU PCR platform. @WHO @CentrePasteur @NMIMR_UG
#integration
#skinNTDs

[Hope Rises International @hoperisesintl]

Welcome to #Ghana! 🇬🇭

It's the 5th annual meeting of @BU_LabNet in Accra--reviewing the successes of the past year and planning exciting work for 2024.
Thank you for hosting, @NMIMR_UG!
#beatNTDs #research #lab #science #NTDs

[Sara Irène Eyangoh PhD, HDR @SEyangoh]

@NMIMR_UG @WHOAFRO @WHO @WHOGhana @UnivofGh @univers1057fm_ @univers1057fm @DYMLab_NMIMR @NoguchiBact @WACCBIP_UG Here we are in ACCRA !with a rich participant list member of laboratories, diseases experts, partners... We expect to realize our vision of getting other Skin NTD on board and develop a clear road map for the transition from BU-LABNET to SKIN NTD LABNET.

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

Happening Now!
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Network of Buruli Ulcer PCR Laboratories (BU-LABNET) in the @WHO African Region.
@NMIMR_UG @CentrePasteur
#integration
#skinNTDs
Kindly follow the link below to register for the meeting;
https://t.co/s7oFxw6aSk

[Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research @NMIMR_UG]

Dr. Sara Eyangoh, Scientific Director, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, shares her message ahead of the Fifth Annual meeting of the Network Buruli ulcer PCR Laboratories (BU-LANBET) in the @WHOAFRO.

Register to join the meeting online using the link below: https://t.co/K8uckrP3KV

[Centre Pasteur du Cameroun @CentrePasteur]

Le @CentrePasteur (CPC) participera à la 5ème rencontre annuelle du réseau Africain BULABNET (Buruli Ulcer Laboratory Network) qui se tiendra du 23 au 25 octobre 2023 à Accra au Ghana.
C'est le CPC qui en assure la coordination. @BU_LabNet
#santépublique #UlcèredeBuruli #NTD

[Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research @NMIMR_UG]

We invite you to the 5th Annual Meeting of the Network Buruli Ulcer PCR Laboratories in the WHO African Region, @WHOAFRO, slated for October 23-25, 2023

Register to join the meeting online using the link below:
https://t.co/K8uckrP3KV

Visit: https://t.co/y8jqrVi9c3 to read more

[Hope Rises International @hoperisesintl]

The FIRST FIELD TEST for #Buruli ulcer (BU) with assays from @Mfrimpong @KCCR_GH & @BiomemeInc qPCR machine happened this week! In Songololo, DR Congo, ALM's @Chaitanya_VS used the Biomeme process (<50 minutes) to diagnose two children, who could then start treatment. #beatNTDs