1.3 Scientific symposia: Bridging the gap: scaling up local bacteriology diagnostics manufacturing in Africa

Session detail

Organiser: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

The gap in bacteriology testing capacity in sub-Saharan Africa exposed: results from the MAAP study

Speakers:
  • Pascale Ondoa, Global Fund, Switzerland

Enhancing local manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa: reducing dependence on imports for healthcare resilience

Speakers:
  • Abebe Genetu, Africa CDC, Ethiopia

Laboratory-on-a-ship, an EDCTP2-financed pilot study on local production of culture media in Benin

Speakers:
  • Dissou Affolabi, Laboratoire Référence Mycobacteriologie, Benin