Events 2022 – External02 » 1st Conference FMUL/FMUC: Infectious Diseases and Vaccines
- From: 09/04/2022
- To: 09/04/2022
- Location: https://janssenpt.webex.com/join/fmul
GHTM Sessions 2022 CCID02 » Mozambique’s first medical drone study: evidence on flight safety and quality of COVID-19 and Tuberculosis laboratory samples
- From: 26/01/2022
- To: 26/01/2022
- Location: ZOOM | 11h00
Drones can be used to transport laboratory samples in remote areas, but limited evidence exists on whether that transport affects the samples’ results. Given its potential, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health of Mozambique partnered with VillageReach NGO to generate such data and 300 respiratory samples were transported by two drones, departing from, and returning to the «INS TB Reference Laboratory» in Marracuene district. The samples’ analysis concluded that their quality had not changed by flight, being comparable to land transport.
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GHTM Sessions 2022 VBD01 » Optimising strategies for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
- From: 14/01/2022
- To: 14/01/2022
- Location: ZOOM | 11h00
NTDs cause serious morbidity and disability, affecting 2 billion people in low- and middle-income countries. The main strategy for control of key NTDs is preventive chemotherapy (PC), the regular delivery of drugs to entire communities or specific sub-groups, such as children. PC NTDs of global importance include soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis, scabies, trachoma and yaws. The Kirby’s NTD research group is leading large-scale intervention research linked to novel diagnostics, social science, health economics and mathematical modelling aiming to contribute to the control and elimination of PC NTDs in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. The RG leader will present an overview of that research with examples including cluster randomised control trials in Vietnam, Solomon Islands and Fiji; and impact assessments of PC programs in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, East Timor and Angola.
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GHTM Sessions 2022 CCID01 » Plasmonic nanoparticles to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
- From: 12/01/2022
- To: 12/01/2022
- Location: ZOOM | 11h00
There is an overall increase in life expectancy associated to high costs in health care for an ageing population in the industrialised world. Consequently, there is a demand for fast, cheap and easy to use diagnostic tests that are essential in identifying patients, determining prognosis, monitoring treatment and assessing the efficacy of prevention. Here, nanotechnology has a prominent role, with special emphasis on noble metal nanoparticles. The presentation focuses on alternative nanotechnology-based test-kit for detection of single nucleotide polymorphism as the one associated with lactose intolerance. Methodology, advantages and limitations will be discussed.
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GHTM Sessions 2022 CCI Diagnostics » 1st Semester Calendar
- From: 04/01/2022
- To: 07/05/2022
- Location: ZOOM | 11h00
GHTM Sessions 2022 CCI Diagnostics » Year Calendar » Sharing GHTM’s Cross Cutting Issues Diagnostics’ activities, knowledge and methodologies in this area.
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