Enhanced laboratory capacity development: a boost for effective tuberculosis control in resource-limited settings

Abraham Sunday Alabi; Afsatou Ndama Traoré; Marguerite Massinga Loembe; Ulysse Ateba-Ngoa; Matthias Frank; Ayola Akim Adegnika; Bertrand Lell; Jocelyn Mahoumbou; Carsten Köhler; Peter Gottfried Kremsner; Martin Peter Grobusch

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.404

Enhanced laboratory capacity development: a boost for effective tuberculosis control in resource-limited settings

Abraham Sunday Alabi, Afsatou Ndama Traoré, Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Ulysse Ateba-Ngoa, Matthias Frank, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Bertrand Lell, Jocelyn Mahoumbou, Carsten Köhler, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Martin Peter Grobusch

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Abstract

Both routine and research tuberculosis (TB) laboratory capacity urgently need to be expanded in large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2009, the Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL) took a strategic decision to expand its activities by building TB laboratory capacity to address research questions and to improve routine diagnostic and treatment capacity. Over the past 7 years, a standard laboratory has been developed that is contributing significantly to TB diagnosis, treatment, and control in Gabon; training has also been provided for TB research staff in Central Africa. CERMEL has a cordial relationship with the Gabon National TB Control Programme (PNLT), which has culminated in a successful Global Fund joint application. This endeavour is considered a model for similar developments needed in areas of high TB prevalence and where TB control remains poor to date

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-84
Journal	International journal of infectious diseases : IJID
Volume	56
Early online date	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.404
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Alabi, A. S., Traoré, A. N., Loembe, M. M., Ateba-Ngoa, U., Frank, M., Adegnika, A. A., Lell, B., Mahoumbou, J., Köhler, C., Kremsner, P. G., & Grobusch, M. P. (2017). Enhanced laboratory capacity development: a boost for effective tuberculosis control in resource-limited settings. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID, 56, 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.404

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