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Ana Tomás Chocalheiro

PhD student

Grupo GHTM: TB, HIV and opportunistic diseases and pathogens, THOP non PhD members

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+351 213 632 105
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Angela Mendes

Assistant Researcher

Grupo GHTM: TB, HIV and opportunistic diseases and pathogens, THOP non PhD members

+351 213 652 600
+351 213 632 105
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Catarina Morais

PhD student

Grupo GHTM: TB, HIV and opportunistic diseases and pathogens, THOP non PhD members

+351 213 652 600
+351 213 632 105
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GHTM Sessions 2022 CCI2: Mozambique’s first medical drone study: evidence on flight safety and quality of COVID-19 and Tuberculosis laboratory samples

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: CCI Diagnostics’ 1st Quarter Calendar

Investing in diagnostics towards better health
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Ahmed Shaaban

Ana Paula Maduro

Ana Tomás Chocalheiro

Angela Mendes

Catarina Morais

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